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Remembering Çanakkale (Dardanelles)

Posted in Ottomans, Religion, World, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Today we should remember those Muslims who fought hard to save and protect the Ottoman Sultan in March 1915. Just a few months before my very own grandfather was born, thousands of miles away there was a battle on famous straight separating Europe and Asia in an area known as Çanakkale.
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Ahmed-i Da’i of Germiyan

Posted in Art, Biographies, Culture, History, Ottomans, Poetry, tagged , , , , , , on April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The Torture of the Beloved
The torture of the beloved is no punishment
at all
Thank God for the faithfulness of your cruelty
There are many beloveds with cypress-bodies,
witch-eyes, and trouble-making brows
But not one of them has been so enticing
as you!
If those thirst for the wine of you rubied lips
gave one thousand lives
One thousand lives for just the dregs-
it [...]

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History, Reality and The Ottomans

Posted in Civilization, History, Ottomans, tagged , on April 12, 2008 | 14 Comments »

There are a number of views expressed by European travel writers on the Ottomans and the Ottoman territories.  For example, a 16th century travel writer named Peter Gyllius, often cited by Edward Gibbon and other European historians of the late 18th and 19th centuries, is critical and negative toward the Ottoman capital of Istanbul. Today [...]

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Sultan Murat IV: Uyan Ey Gözlerim Gafletten Uyan

Posted in Biographies, Culture, History, Music, Ottomans, Poetry, Religion, tagged , , on March 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »

 

Uyan ey gözlerim gafletten uyan
Awake, mine eyes, from heedlessness!
Uyan uykusu çok gözlerim uyan
From your drowsiness, awake!
Azrail’in kasdı canadır inan…
Know that the Angel of Death seeks your soul…
Seherde uyanırlar cumle kuslar 
At sunrise the birds waken with a tumult
Dillü dillerince tesbihe başlar
Touching the heart with their tongues, they begin to pray
Tevhid eyler dağlar taşlar ağaçlar
Mountains, stones, trees—all [...]

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The Ottomans and The Yemen

Posted in Art, History, Ottomans, tagged , , , , on March 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »

The early history of the Yemen is rich and full of influences of migrations of peoples from Akkad, Sumer and other ancient Mesopotamian Kingdoms. Historians have recorded these migrations as far back as the 8th century B.C.. However, the medieval period is just as rich, complex and perhaps more significant with respect to [...]

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