Word List
Ilkhanids jihad
Ottomans
Osman Gazi
Timeline
1243 Mongols reduce Saljuq
Sultanate of Rum to a protectorate.
1277 Ilkhans take direct control of Saljuq Sultanate of Rum.
c. 1300 Formation of Ottoman
Sultanate in Asia Minor.

Timeline
1451 Ottomans take Asia Minor, Bulgaria.
1453 Ottomans take Constantinople.
end 15th c: Ottomans have taken parts of
Balkans, Eastern Europe.
16th-17th c: Conflict between Ottomans and
Safavids.
1516-17 Ottomans take Mamluk sultanate.

1683 Ottomans fail to take Vienna. Start of slow contraction of Ottoman lands lasting into 20th century.

Word List janissaries (non-feudal infantry and cavalry, using gunpowder weapons)
Timeline
1514 Ottomans defeat Safavids at Chaldiran.
Istanbul jizya (poll tax on non-Muslims) hajj (greater pilgrimage) shari‘a (Islamic law) qadi al-‘askar (military judge) mufti (jurisconsult) qadi (judge)

Timeline
1768-74 Russians take Crimea. Black Sea soon follows.
1798-1801 French occupy Egypt.
1830 Serbia gains independence.
1833 Greece gains independence.
1839 British occupy Aden in Yemen.

Timeline
1866 Parts of Romania gain independence.
1877 Russians attack Ottoman empire. Peace made, and parts of Bulgaria gain independence.
1882 British invade Egypt.
1911 Italians occupy part of Libya.
1912-13 Two Balkan wars. Ottoman territory passes into Greek, Serbian and Bulgarian hands.

Timeline
1914 Start of World War I. Austria and Russia at war. Ottomans side with Austria and
Germany. British and French side with Russians.
1918 British have occupied Holy Land, Syria and Iraq.
1920 Treaty of Sèvres.
1923 Treaty of Lausanne. Final demise of
Ottoman Empire.

Object List
Plan of the Orhaniyya Mosque. Bursa. Mid-14th c. (F)
Plan of the Green Mosque. Bursa. 1419. (F)
Uç Serefeli Mosque, Edirne. 1437-1447. Plan. (F)
Uç Serefeli Mosque, Edirne. 1437-1447. Aerial view. (F)
Uç Serefeli Mosque, Edirne. 1437-1447. Courtyard view. (F)
Uç Serefeli Mosque, Edirne. 1437-1447. Stalactite niche above portal.
(F)
View of Istanbul: (front) Golden Horn, (middle) Sea of Marmara,
(back) Bithynia. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List
The Domed Church of Haghia Sophia (Holy Wisdom, 532-37). (F)
Haghia Sophia: Interior view of nave, looking southeast from narthex gallery. (A)
Haghia Sophia, the model for the Süleymaniyye Mosque. (F)
Sehzade Mosque, built by Sinan for Süleyman the Magnificent. 1543.
Istanbul. (F)
Sehzade Mosque, built by Sinan for Süleyman the Magnificent. 1543.
Istanbul. General View. (F)
Süleymaniyye Mosque, Istanbul. Sinan. 1550-7. Built by Sinan.
General view from the Bosphorus. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List
Süleymaniyye Mosque, Istanbul. Sinan. 1550-7. Built by Sinan. Plans.
(F)
Süleymaniyye Mosque, Istanbul. Sinan. 1550-7. Built by Sinan. View of northeast side. (F)
Süleymaniyye Mosque, Istanbul. Sinan. 1550-7. Built by Sinan. Close view southeast inside courtyard. (F)
Süleymaniyye Mosque, Istanbul. Sinan. 1550-7. Built by Sinan. View of interior with domes. (F)
Selimiyye Mosque, built by Sinan. Edirne. 1567-1574. Longitudinal plan. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List
Selimiyye Mosque, built by Sinan. Edirne. 1567-1574. General view. (F)
Selimiyye Mosque, built by Sinan. Edirne. 1567-1574. Minarets and
Dome. (F)
Selimiyye Mosque, built by Sinan. Edirne. 1567-1574. Main entrance. (F)
Selimiyye Mosque, built by Sinan. Edirne. 1567-1574. Dome. (F)
“Blue Mosque,” the Sultanahmet Mosque, Istanbul. 1609-1617. Built for Sultan Ahmet. General view. (F)
“Blue Mosque,” the Sultanahmet Mosque, Istanbul. 1609-1617. Built for Sultan Ahmet. View west with domes, surrounding courtyard and bases of minarets. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List
“Blue Mosque,” the Sultanahmet Mosque, Istanbul. 1609-1617. Built for Sultan Ahmet. Interior view. (F)
“Blue Mosque,” the Sultanahmet Mosque, Istanbul. 1609-1617. Built for Sultan Ahmet. Interior of dome. (F)
Süleymaniyye Complex, Istanbul. 1550-7. Külliye of Süleyman. (F)
Süleymaniyye Complex, Istanbul. 1550-7. Külliye of Süleyman.
One of the four madrasas . (F)
Tekke of Süleyman (1553), Damascus, designed by Sinan, showing local style and ablaq work. (F)
Tekke of Süleyman (1553), Damascus, designed by Sinan, interior. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List
Iznik tiles. 16-17th c. (F)
Fritware Mosque lamp. Abraham of Kutaya style. Iznik. Early 16th c.
Tomb of Bayazid II (d. 1512). (F)
Dish with floral design from Iznik, c. 1570. Underglaze painted fritware. 33cm. (F)
Ceramic jug from Turkey. 16th c. (F)
Ottoman sabre, 15th c. (F)
Ottoman sabre, c. 1800. (F)
Silver and gilt bowl. Early 16th c. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List
Canteen, 16th c. (F)
Calligraphic example from Haliz Osman. 1694. (F)
Sultan’s seal. (F)
Seal of Sultan Selim II. Late 1560s. (F)
Front piece of a Turkish copy of the Sulayman-nameh (Book of
Solomon) by Firdawsi. Painted c. 1500, showing Bilqis, the wife of Solomon, presiding over demons. (F)
The Siege of Belgrade: Süleymanname of al-‘Arifi. Istanbul. 1558.
(F - 2 slides)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List
Portrait of Mehmed II the Conqueror by Gentile Bellini. Later 15th c. (F)
Portrait of Süleyman the Magnificent, painting c. 1580. (F)
Portraits of Ottoman Sultans, c. 1600. (F)
Caftan (overcoat), mid-16th c. (F)
Shirt with incantation for good luck, mid-16th c. (F)
Silk tomb cover, 18th c. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet

Object List
Holbein carpet. Large patterned. Anatolia. Late 15th c. Wool pile.
4.29 x 2 m. (F)
Prayer rug. Istanbul or Bursa. Late 16th c. Wool and cotton pile on silk warps and wefts. 1.73 x 1.27 m. (F)
Carpet with saz fronds. Istanbul or Bursa. Second half of the 16th c. (F)
Ottoman carpet with depiction of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II
(r. 1888-1918). (Niall Christie, Personal Collection:
<http://www3.telus.net/nchristi/FINA224slides/ kaisercarpet.jpg>.)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet