Treason in the Sultan’s Palace of the Ottoman Empire
Screex The deposed Sultan's daughters' love for freedom and revenge The first and only recorded case of treason in the palace of the Ottoman Sultan. That's what restrictions and coercion can…
QUARANTINE IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Quarantine in Europe began to be applied in the 14th century during the plague epidemic, which affected the entire continent. The Ottoman Empire turned to the practice of quarantine rather…
Mengu-Timur . The Golden Horde
Berke, the third son of Jochi, was born in the lands of Desht-i-Kipchak (the territory of modern Kazakhstan) in the year when his father occupied Khorezm (1220). Upon learning about…
The last decades of Christians in the Holy Land.
Meanwhile, Cuman Baybars continued to successfully conduct military operations aimed at conquering the last Christian positions in the 70s of the 13th century. In January 1270, the sultan, at the…
Baybars and his successors in power: Mamluk lawlessness in Egypt’s political life (The struggle of the Burjite corps against the Bahri corps)
Baybars and his successors in power: Mamluk lawlessness in Egypt's political life (The struggle of the Burjite corps against the Bahri corps)Chapter 4 Baybars and his successors in power: Mamluk…
Tamerlane and Kipchakia. Empire of the steppes. Attila, Genghis Khan, Tamerlane
It is known that in 1376 Tamerlane was visited in Samarkand by a Genghis Khanid on the Jochi line, named Toktamysh, who asked for help in the fight against his…
EGYPT UNDER THE TURKIC MAMLUKS. War and society. Factor analysis of the historical process. The History of the East
Returning to the history of Egypt, it should be recalled that the conquest of the country by Turks and Kurds and the subsequent development of the Iqta system caused the…
From Ayyubids to Mamluks. Europe and Islam: A History of Misunderstanding
After Saladin's death in 1193, his vast empire ceased to exist. The heirs of the great emir divided it among themselves, thus following the historical constant of the Middle East,…
The Mamluks. The black legend. Friends and foes of the Great Steppe
The Foreign Legion is an ancient invention. Already the Romans of the Empire and the Chinese under the Younger Han dynasty replenished their troops with barbarian detachments, as the Romans…
Amazing palace celebrations of the Ottoman Empire
The most magnificent palace festivities were held during the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent Kanuni. But the most magnificent ceremony in the entire history of the Ottoman Empire is the…