There is only one way for Indian Muslims to be respected in the Muslim world: be Indian above all, and situate your ...

Around 1533, the Ottoman sultan broke custom to marry his favorite concubine Hürrem Sultan — and she soon became the most powerful woman in the empire. She was known by many names: Hürrem Sultan, ...

But in 1453, when Ottoman sultan Mehmed II (a.k.a. Mehmed the Conqueror) captured Constantinople, his victory paved the way for the Ottoman Empire, which would last until 1922.

But in 1453, when Ottoman sultan Mehmed II (a.k.a. Mehmed the Conqueror) captured Constantinople, his victory paved the way for the Ottoman Empire, which would last until 1922.

In 1448, with Ottoman help, Vlad III, then 16 years old, expelled Vladislav II from Walachia and ascended the throne. He lasted only two months as voivode before the Hungarians reinstated Vladislav.

The world of traditional headwear is as diverse and fascinating as the cultures from which they originate. Each hat tells a ...

Sultans in the Ottoman Empire loved to eat. In the 15th century, Topkapi Palace boasted a kitchen staff of 100 people, a number that grew to 500 during the 16th-century reign of Suleiman the ...

First he ordered the Sultan expelled; 16 months later the Caliph (or Moslem spiritual leader) was exiled. Kemal announced that “Islam is a dead thing,” and Turkey became a nondenominational state.

"The history of luxury is as old as the history of humanity" [Assouline] In contrast, Balmain 's contribution stands out for its sheer dazzle. The multicoloured crystal-studded dress, complete with a ...

Antique illustration of interior of a kiosk (of Suleiman I) of the Ottoman Topkapı Palace (or Seraglio) in Istanbul (Turkey), dated to the 16th century. The large room is part of a very large palace ...

He symbolically closed a chapter in which Turkish Islamists and secularists fought for decades, as he appeared to accept and acknowledge Ataturk but also embraced the Ottoman Empire’s last ruler.