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Last Mamluk sultan's helmet showcased at Diyarbakır museum
When the Ottoman-Mamluk wars began, Sultan al-Ashraf Kansu al-Ghuri sought ... His helmet, now displayed in the museum, represents the last of its kind from the Mamluk era. "The Diyarbakır ...
Al Bawaba News1y
Turkey is Marking His Death. So Who is This Ottoman Sultan?
Portrait of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmet II (1432-1481), the Conqueror ... where he spent his last days at Beylerbeyi Palace, in the city's Uskudar district. Abdulhamid II, the son of Sultan ...
The Financial Times21d
The Golden Throne — a romp through Suleiman the Magnificent’s ‘Succession’ years
It is the second book in a planned trilogy on the life of the greatest of all Ottoman sultans ... The book ends in 1552 with the sultan presiding over the murder of his son Mustafa on charges ...
Daily Sabah15d
Scholars trace Ottoman sultan’s path to conquer Trabzon in 1461
A team of scholars has pinpointed the route Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror (Mehmed II) used when he captured northern ...
Middle East Eye2y
Yildiz Camii: Istanbul's last sultanic mosque
Ottoman Turks led by Sultan Mehmet II conquered Constantinople ... are regular stops for tourists and locals alike, it is the last sultanic mosque built in Istanbul that is largely absent in ...