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

2. 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.
Ottomans take Mamluk sultanate.

3. 1683 Ottomans fail to take Vienna. Start
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1683 Ottomans fail to take Vienna. Start
of slow contraction of Ottoman lands lasting
into 20th century.

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

5. Timeline
Russians take Crimea. Black Sea soon
follows.
French occupy Egypt.
1830 Serbia gains independence.
1833 Greece gains independence.
1839 British occupy Aden in Yemen.

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7. 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.
Two Balkan wars. Ottoman territory
passes into Greek, Serbian and Bulgarian hands.

8. 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.

9. Object List F = Ferret, A = Archnet
Plan of the Orhaniyya Mosque. Bursa. Mid-14th c. (F)
Plan of the Green Mosque. Bursa (F)
Uç Serefeli Mosque, Edirne Plan. (F)
Uç Serefeli Mosque, Edirne Aerial view. (F)
Uç Serefeli Mosque, Edirne Courtyard view. (F)
Uç Serefeli Mosque, Edirne Stalactite niche above portal. (F)
Damage to the town of Golcuk in western Turkey from the M 7.6 Izmit
earthquake in August (danling.com: <
View of Istanbul: (front) Golden Horn, (middle) Sea of Marmara,
(back) Bithynia. (F)

10. Object List
The Domed Church of Haghia Sophia (Holy Wisdom, ). (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
Istanbul. (F)
Istanbul. General View. (F)
Süleymaniyye Mosque, Istanbul. Sinan Built by Sinan.
General view from the Bosphorus. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet

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

12. Object List
Selimiyye Mosque, built by Sinan. Edirne General view. (F)
Selimiyye Mosque, built by Sinan. Edirne Minarets and
Dome. (F)
Selimiyye Mosque, built by Sinan. Edirne Main entrance. (F)
Selimiyye Mosque, built by Sinan. Edirne Dome. (F)
“Blue Mosque,” the Sultanahmet Mosque, Istanbul Built
for Sultan Ahmet. General view. (F)
“Blue Mosque,” the Sultanahmet Mosque, Istanbul
Plan of the remaining buildings of the complex. (A)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet

13. Object List F = Ferret, A = Archnet
“Blue Mosque,” the Sultanahmet Mosque, Istanbul Built
for Sultan Ahmet. View west with domes, surrounding courtyard
and bases of minarets. (F)
“Blue Mosque,” the Sultanahmet Mosque, Istanbul Quranic
inscription in gilt above main entry to the courtyard citing the
requirement of daily prayer. (A)
“Blue Mosque,” the Sultanahmet Mosque, Istanbul
View of courtyard façade with courtyard fountain. (A)
for Sultan Ahmet. Interior view. (F)
Interior, prayer hall. (A)

14. Object List F = Ferret, A = Archnet
“Blue Mosque,” the Sultanahmet Mosque, Istanbul
Royal lodge. (A)
Elevated view of the interior looking towards mihrab and minbar.
“Blue Mosque,” the Sultanahmet Mosque, Istanbul Ceiling.
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Süleymaniyye Complex, Istanbul Külliye of Süleyman. (F)
Süleymaniyye Complex, Istanbul 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)

15. 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 Underglaze painted
fritware. 33cm. (F)
Ceramic jug from Turkey. 16th c. (F)
Ottoman sabre, 15th c. (F)
Ottoman sabre, c (F)
Silver and gilt bowl. Early 16th c. (F)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet

16. Object List Canteen, 16th c. (F)
Calligraphic example from Haliz Osman (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
(F - 2 slides)
F = Ferret, A = Archnet

17. Object List
Portrait of Mehmed II the Conqueror by Gentile Bellini. Later 15th c. (F)
Portrait of Süleyman the Magnificent, painting c (F)
Portraits of Ottoman Sultans, c (F)
Depiction of Ottoman sultans with roses in place of heads, 1747.
(Finbarr Barry Flood, “Lost Histories of a Licit Figural Art,”
International Journal of Middle East Studies 45 (2013): 567)
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

18. 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 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 ). (Niall Christie, Personal Collection:
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F = Ferret, A = Archnet