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Islamic history in Anatolia & the Balkans
Researched 360° places of Islamic history across Anatolia & the Balkans, each with its date, location, and Sunni-sourced background.
43 places
Rashidun
The Battle of the Masts
c. 34 AH / 655 CE
Off the Lycian coast of southern Anatolia (near Phoenix, Finike)
Seljuk
The Battle of Manzikert
Dhul Qa'da 463 AH / 1071 CE
Manzikert (Malazgirt), near Lake Van, eastern Anatolia
Seljuk
The Gevher Nesibe Hospital
602 AH / c. 1206 CE
Kayseri, in central Anatolia
Seljuk
The Alaeddin Mosque of Konya
617 AH / c. 1220 CE
The Alaeddin Hill, Konya, in central Anatolia
Mengujekid
The Great Mosque of Divrigi
626 AH / c. 1228-1229 CE
Divrigi, in the eastern Anatolian highlands
Seljuk
The Battle of Kose Dag
641 AH / 1243 CE
Kose Dag, east of Sivas, in Anatolia
Seljuk
A Seljuk Caravanserai
c. 648 AH / 1250 CE
A Seljuk han on the Anatolian plateau (representative)
Seljuk
The Karatay Madrasa
c. 650 AH / 1252 CE
Konya, in central Anatolia
Ottoman
The Rise of the House of Osman
c. 699 AH / 1299 CE
Sogut, Bithynia, northwestern Anatolia
Seljuk
The Mevlevi Sema at Konya
c. 700 AH / c. 1300 CE
Konya, the Mevlevi lodge, central Anatolia
Golden Horde
Ibn Battuta in Constantinople
733 AH / c. 1332 CE
Constantinople (al-Qustantiniyya), on the Bosphorus
Ottoman
The Field of Blackbirds
791 AH / 1389 CE
Kosovo Polje, the Field of Blackbirds, in the Balkans
Ottoman
The Battle of Ankara
804 AH / 1402 CE
The plain of Cubuk, near Ankara, central Anatolia
Ottoman
Conquest of Constantinople
857 AH / 1453 CE
Mesoteichion section of the Theodosian land walls, Constantinople
Ottoman
Hagia Sophia, Mid-Conversion to a Mosque
857 AH / 1453 CE
Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul)
Ottoman
The Chart of Piri Reis
919 AH / 1513 CE
Gallipoli (Gelibolu), on the Dardanelles
Ottoman
The Battle of Chaldiran
Rajab 920 AH / 1514 CE
The Chaldiran plain, eastern Anatolia
Ottoman
The Battle of Preveza
945 AH / 1538 CE
Off Preveza, at the mouth of the Gulf of Arta, western Greece
Ottoman
The Suleymaniye Mosque Rising over Istanbul
957-964 AH / 1550-1557 CE
Suleymaniye Mosque, Third Hill, Istanbul
Ottoman
The Selimiye Mosque at Edirne
976-982 AH / 1568-1574 CE
Selimiye Mosque, Edirne
Ottoman
The Battle of Lepanto
979 AH / 1571 CE
Gulf of Patras, off Lepanto (Naupaktos), western Greece
Crimean Khanate
The Khan's Palace at Bakhchysarai
16th-17th c. CE
Bakhchysarai, the Khan's Palace, Crimea
Ottoman
Ottoman Tile Workshop
c. 1600 CE
Istanbul, Turkey
Ottoman
Qur'an Illumination Detail Room
c. 1600 CE
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Ottoman
The Treaty of Karlowitz
1110 AH / 1699 CE
Karlowitz (Sremski Karlovci), on the Danube
Ottoman
Ottoman Sahn Madrasa
c. 1700 CE
Istanbul, Turkey
Ottoman
Ottoman Imaret Kitchen
c. 1700 CE
Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Ottoman
The First Ottoman Printing Press
1141 AH / 1729 CE
Istanbul, by the Bosphorus
Ottoman
The Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca
1188 AH / 1774 CE
Kucuk Kaynarca, near the lower Danube (modern north-eastern Bulgaria)
Ottoman
Ottoman Ashura Distribution
c. 1800 CE
Istanbul, Turkey
Ottoman
Ottoman Butcher Guild Qurban
c. 1800 CE
Istanbul, Turkey
Ottoman
Ottoman Calligraphy Studio
c. 1800 CE
Istanbul, Turkey
Ottoman
Ottoman Cemetery Janazah
c. 1800 CE
Istanbul, Turkey
Ottoman
The Edict of Gulhane
1255 AH / 1839 CE
Gulhane, by the Topkapi Palace, Istanbul
Nations & States
The Expulsion of the Circassians
1281 AH / 1864 CE
The Black Sea coast of the north-western Caucasus
Ottoman
Abdulhamid II and the Wired Palace
1313 AH / c. 1895 CE
Yildiz Palace, Istanbul
Nations & States
Bosnian Mosque Woodcarvers
c. 1900 CE
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ottoman
Turkish Coffee After Prayer
c. 1900 CE
Turkey
Nations & States
The Young Turk Revolution
1326 AH / 1908 CE
Istanbul, by the Bosphorus
Nations & States
The Defence of the Dardanelles
1333 AH / 1915 CE
The Gallipoli peninsula and the Dardanelles
Nations & States
The Occupation of Istanbul
1338 AH / c. 1920 CE
Istanbul and the Bosphorus, under occupation
Nations & States
Ankara, Capital of the Resistance
1339 AH / c. 1921 CE
Ankara, central Anatolia
Nations & States
The Abolition of the Caliphate
1342 AH / 1924 CE
Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul