The Rise of the Ottoman Empire
HIST 113Islamic Civilization
Source: Hodgson, The Venture of Islam
Source: Rashid al-Din, Jami’ al-Tavarikh (Universal History) (14th century)
The Ilkhan Ghazan converts to Islam
Timur (Tamerlane)
1336-1405
Timur’s Mausoleum, Samarqand
Source: Lewis, Islam and the Arab World
Source: Tarihvemedeniyet.org
“Ten Sultans” Thesis
Ottoman Sultans (1299-1566)
Osman I (1299-1324) Murad II (1421-44; 1446-51)
Orhan (1324-62) Mehmed II (1444-46; 1451-81)
Murad I (1362-89) Bayezid II (1481-1512)
Bayazid I (1389-1402) Selim I (1512-1520)
Mehmed I (1413-21) Sulaiman I (1520-66)
Ulou Mosque, Bursa
Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture
Interior of Ulou Mosque, Bursa
Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture
Source: Hodgson, The Venture of Islam
Janissaries
Jeni cheri : “new troops”
Christian captives recruited and educated through devshirme system
Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture
Stanislaw Chlebowski, “Imprisonment of Bayezid” (1878)
Mehmed the Conqueror(r. 1444-46,1451-81)
Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture
Hagia Sophia
Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture
Expansion of the Ottoman Empire
Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture