Download or read book The Sultan s Fountain written by Agnieszka Dobrowolska and published by American University in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The small sabil-kuttab (a charitable foundation particular to Cairo that combines a public water dispensary with a Quranic school) built in 1760 opposite the venerated Sayyida Zeinab Mosque is almost unique in Cairo: it is one of only two dedicated by a reigning Ottoman sultan, and--astonishingly--it is decorated inside with blue-and-white tiles from Amsterdam depicting happy scenes from the Dutch countryside. Why did the sultan, Mustafa III, cloistered in his Istanbul palace, decide to build a sabil in Cairo? Why did he choose this site for it? How did it come to be adorned with Dutch tiles? What were the connections between Cairo, Istanbul, and Amsterdam in the middle of the eighteenth century? The authors answer these questions and many more in this entertaining and beautifully illustrated history of an extraordinary building, describing also the recent conservation efforts to preserve it for posterity.
Download or read book Guide to the Eastern Mediterranean written by Macmillan & Co and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Sultans of the Ottoman Empire written by Doç. Dr. Raşit GÜNDOĞDU and published by Rumuz Yayınları. This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ottomans, who patronaged the muslim and non-muslim nations from Indonesia to Spain, from the Crimea to Yemeni always pursued justice and brought it to the lands they conquered, as well as development and civilization without any language, religion and race discrimination. Only the Ottomans was bestowed with establishing a government ruled by 36 sultans, lasted for 622 years uninterrupted in the history of the world. The Sultans of the Ottoman Empire, from Osman Ghazi to Vahdettin Khan who ascended the throne had done important works as much as possible to keep the state on its feet, for the public welfare and content. Today, as the archives are opened and new documents are emerged, many secrets about the sultans and their periods come out.
Download or read book Constantinople written by Clara Erskine Clement Waters and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history and contemporary cultural commentary by author and traveler Clement. The history includes extensive quotations from other sources, which Clement wove together with her own observations and romantic commentary. After recounting the history of the city from 324 to 1895, Clement includes descriptions of St. Sophia, the antiquities of the city, shops and bazaars, the habits of Turkish ladies (probably upper- and middle-class women), funeral customs, birth, circumcision, marriage customs, "superstitions" and other Islam-specific cultural practices, and finally a chapter on contemporary education.
Download or read book The New Age Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Journeying in the Land where Jesus Lived written by Gerard Benjamin Fleet Hallock and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to Greece the Archipelago Constantinople the Coasts of Asia Minor Crete and Cyprus written by Macmillan & Co and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Last Sultans written by Bulent Rauf and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cairo Jerusalem Damascus three chief cities of the Egyptian Sultans written by David Samuel Margoliouth and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2017 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book itself is intensely interesting both in its historical account and its description of these three great cities and is profusely illustrated with most beautiful pictures and drawings of the famous places in them. The difference of "atmosphere” of Cairo and Jerusalem which, though both so distinctly Eastern, are yet in many ways so unlike, is wonderfully conveyed. The pictures in this book make you long to go there and, indeed, this delightful volume must give almost equal pleasure to those who have been in the places and those who have not, for it seems to take back those who have been there and it brings the scenes and places to those who have never actually seen them.
Download or read book The Popular and Critical Bible Encyclopaedia and Scriptural Dictionary written by Samuel Fallows and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook for Travellers in Constantinople written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook for Travellers in Constantinople the Bosphorus Dardanelles Brousa and Plain of Troy With General Hints for Travellers in Turkey Vocabularies Etc New Edition Revised With Maps and Plans A Separate Edition of Part of the Handbook for Travellers in Turkey written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Popular Cyclopadia of Biblical Literature written by John Kitto and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Herald and Presbyter written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Journal and Messenger written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 1270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pakistan written by Patrick J. Roelle Sr. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-06-29 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pakistan's corrupt government banned UN nuclear inspectors and American forces from the country after American Special Forces executed Osama Bin Laden. With UN oversight neutralized, Al-Qaeda breached Pakistan's nuclear weapons storage. When the theft was discovered, the camouflage of Pakistan's leaders was transparent to Eric Ludlow of the CIA, and to America's military Chief of Staff, Admiral Michaels. Ayeza entered a forced marriage when she was twelve and left Pakistan for her husband's village in Afghanistan. Driven from her home by the senior wives when her husband was away, her husband's brother caught her talking to a boy on the street. He and the men he was with killed the boy and gang raped Ayeza. The village imam condemned her in accordance with Islamic law for enticing the rape. An American patrol rescued her as her husband and his family was stoning her in the street. The CIA later recruited her. A theft of nuclear material meant new rules of engagement. Eric Ludlow sent Ayeza back to her village to get the proof. With proof in hand, Ayeza joined with Logan, the CIA's top Middle East operative, in a search for the weapons. When the government of Pakistan denied the theft, the American administration waffled. Unconvinced, America's CIA and its military leaders placed their careers on the line to find the warheads before they reached their targets in the States. After a two year failed search spanning three continents, a successful nuclear attack on an American city by Islam's crusaders appeared imminent. When the Americans executed Osama Bin Laden Al-Qaeda focused on a target, and, a leader for a leader became radical Islam's rallying call. Convinced by Eric and Admiral Michaels that a weapon had arrived, President Gregory Paxton must choose. Would he seek safety for his family and himself and leave the captiol while risking a major city and its entire population, or would he cave in and trade America's freedom by accepting Al-Qaeda's perverted terms for peace, or, would he hold the enemy responsible?
Download or read book A Chronicle of Twentieth Century Malta written by Joseph Bonnici and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
