Ottoman Architecture: Did you mean...?

Official uniforms of the Ottomans, Arif Paşa series. Baş Falakacı (Grand Vizier's Chief Punishment Enforcer), Vezir Baş Tebdili (Chief Entourage Officer to the Grand Vizier during private visits), Kuloğlu Baş Cuhadarı (Chief...

Silk damask flag from Istanbul, dated 1810–1811 CE; it depicts the zulfiqar, Caliph Ali's (r. 656-661 CE) two-pronged sword.

The Battle of Nicopolis in September 1396 CE, also known as the Nicopolis Crusade, was an attempt by French, Hungarian, and other European allies to curb the threat of the Ottoman Turks as they pressed ever westwards into Europe...

The Eastern Roman Empire was under constant Ottoman pressure ever since the new conquerors appeared in the Anatolia. Although the Ottomans tried to take Constantinople on a number of occasions, they...

A 15th-century CE bronze Ottoman cannon based on the design of those used in the siege of Constantinople in 1453 CE by Mehmed II.

In the latter years of the 13th century Osman I inherited the leadership over the Kayı tribe, which at the time controlled little more than a small town in northwestern Anatolia. By the end of his reign, he had captured...

It is a decorated tile from the 17th Century CE, during Ottoman era, it depicts the Ka'aba - the cubical mosque and Muslim sacred site in Mecca, Arabia.

A 19th Century CE drawing of the Mosque of the Prophet (Arabic: Al-Masjid an-Nabawī) in Medina, Saudi Arabia. The Mosque of the Prophet was originally founded in 622 CE by Prophet Muhammad, and underwent numerous...

Under the Seljuk rule, Persia gained a period of economic and cultural prosperity. The innovative techniques of the Seljuk period and style in architecture and the arts had a strong influence...

The Romans began building with local materials, wood, clay, and tuff (see Episode 3 for local materials and geology of the city). There are many sources from antiquity, but a good place to start...