Unrest in the Palace
As tensions escalated within the Council of State, the Sultan’s Chief Bodyguard and Superintendent of the Usher attempted to calm the agitated members. However, the Spahis, in a state of uproar, disregarded their efforts...
Unrest in the Palace
As tensions escalated within the Council of State, the Sultan’s Chief Bodyguard and Superintendent of the Usher attempted to calm the agitated members. However, the Spahis, in a state of uproar, disregarded their efforts...
Sultan Suleyman’s Military Campaigns
In 1544, Sultan Suleyman embarked on a military campaign to the West, returning with substantial booty along with an annual tax revenue of thirty thousand gold coins, as documented in Pegevi history.
Succession and Stewardship...
Sultan Suleyman’s Military Campaigns
In 1544, Sultan Suleyman embarked on a military campaign to the West, returning with substantial booty along with an annual tax revenue of thirty thousand gold coins, as documented in Pegevi history.
Succession and Stewardship...
The Wealth of Ottoman Viziers
During the reign of Suleyman the Magnificent, it became evident that Ottoman viziers were affluent individuals. Makbul Ibrahim Pasha, one of Suleyman’s most esteemed viziers, led a lavish lifestyle comparable to that of the...
The Wealth of Ottoman Viziers
During the reign of Suleyman the Magnificent, it became evident that Ottoman viziers were affluent individuals. Makbul Ibrahim Pasha, one of Suleyman’s most esteemed viziers, led a lavish lifestyle comparable to that of the...
Plundering of countries sacking of cities
For he decided such cases without full examination, naming the punishment when he had heard only the accuser’s side of the matter. Without hesitation he wrote decrees for the plundering of countries, sacking of...
Soldiers to others of their chieftains
These Huns, as soon as they had got this money, sent it together with their soldiers to others of their chieftains, with the word to make inroads into the land of the Emperor: so...
Foolishly thinking this the holier course of two evils
Agents were sent everywhere to force whomever they chanced upon to renounce the faith of their fathers. This, which seemed impious to rustic people, caused them to rebel against those who gave them such...
