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Empire of the Sultans: Ottoman Art of the Khalili Collection was a 1995–2004 touring exhibition displaying objects from the Khalili Collection of Islamic Art. Around two hundred exhibits, including calligraphy, textiles, pottery, weapons, and metalwork, illustrated the art and daily life of six centuries of the Ottoman Empire .
The empire came into existence at the end of the 13th century, and its first ruler (and the namesake of the Empire) was Osman I. According to later, often unreliable Ottoman tradition, Osman was a descendant of the Kayı tribe of the Oghuz Turks. [2] The eponymous Ottoman dynasty he founded endured for six centuries through the reigns of 36 ...
Sultan and Caliph r. 1574–1595: Handan Sultan: Mehmed III 1566–1603 Sultan and Caliph r. 1595–1603: Halime Sultan [4] Mahfiruz Hatun: Ahmed I 1590–1617 Sultan and Caliph r. 1603–1617: Kösem Sultan: Mustafa I 1591–1639 Sultan and Caliph r. 1617–1618 r. 1622–1623: Osman II 1604–1622 Sultan and Caliph r. 1618–1622: Murad IV ...
Sultan Khan: The Grand Sultan, the chief title borne by the ruler of Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, equivalent to Emperor. Sultan us-Selatin: Sultan of Sultan, one of the many titles of the Sultan of Turkey. Sultanzade (or Sultanzada): literally "son of a Sultan", the title borne by the sons of Imperial Princesses. Sünnetçi: Circumciser.
Abdulhamid II or Abdul Hamid II (Ottoman Turkish: عبد الحميد ثانی, romanized: Abd ul-Hamid-i s̱ānī; Turkish: II. Abdülhamid; 21 September 1842 – 10 February 1918) was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1876 to 1909, and the last sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state. [3]
Son of Sultan Abdulmejid I, grandson of Sultan Mahmud II, younger brother of Murad V, Abdul Hamid II and Mehmed V. 1 November 1922 – 16 May 1926 3 years, 196 days Abdulmejid II: Last Ottoman Caliph (1922–1924) 37th Head of the House of Osman following Mehmed VI's death (1926–1944) First cousin of Mehmed VI, son of Sultan Abdülaziz. [46]
Osman II was born at Topkapı Palace, Constantinople, the son of Sultan Ahmed I (1603–17) and one of his consorts Mahfiruz Hatun.According to later traditions, at a young age, his mother had paid a great deal of attention to Osman's education, as a result of which Osman II became a known poet and was believed to have mastered many languages, including Arabic, Persian, Greek, Latin, and ...
They were much easier for the sultans to control, compared to free administrators of Turkish aristocratic extraction. [13] The devshirme also produced many of the Ottoman Empire's provincial governors, military commanders, and divans from the 15th to the 17th century. [14] Sometimes, the devshirme recruits were castrated and became eunuchs. [15]