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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.
33 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
İstanbul'un Fethi
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
The Treaty of Karlowitz
1110 AH / 1699 CE
Karlowitz (Sremski Karlovci), on the Danube
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
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
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