The Rise of the Ottoman Empire

HIST 113Islamic Civilization

Source: Hodgson, The Venture of Islam

Source: Rashid al-Din, Jami’ al-Tavarikh (Universal History) (14th century)

The Ilkhan Ghazan converts to Islam

Timur (Tamerlane)

1336-1405

Timur’s Mausoleum, Samarqand

Source: Lewis, Islam and the Arab World

Source: Tarihvemedeniyet.org

“Ten Sultans” Thesis

Ottoman Sultans (1299-1566)

Osman I (1299-1324) Murad II (1421-44; 1446-51)

Orhan (1324-62) Mehmed II (1444-46; 1451-81)

Murad I (1362-89) Bayezid II (1481-1512)

Bayazid I (1389-1402) Selim I (1512-1520)

Mehmed I (1413-21) Sulaiman I (1520-66)

Ulou Mosque, Bursa

Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

Interior of Ulou Mosque, Bursa

Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

Source: Hodgson, The Venture of Islam

Janissaries

Jeni cheri : “new troops”

Christian captives recruited and educated through devshirme system

Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

Stanislaw Chlebowski, “Imprisonment of Bayezid” (1878)

Mehmed the Conqueror(r. 1444-46,1451-81)

Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

Hagia Sophia

Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture

Expansion of the Ottoman Empire

Source: Hattstein and Delius, Islam: Art and Architecture