Arabic manuscript on paper, 165 leaves, 9 lines to the page written in naskh in black ink, verses separated by gold rosettes with red and blue dots, within gold, red and black rules, headings in red ...

In the second half of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century they were subjected to the oppressions carried out by Turkish authorities and fought against the Ottoman dictatorship. But the ...

The Ottoman Empire arose from the ashes of Byzantine ... sparing then-Christian Europe from near-certain defeat. By the 19th century, though, the empire had entered into terminal decline and ...

The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in southeastern Europe and the Middle East. It can only ...

Husayn radi Allah ‘anhu, 'Husayn, may God be pleased with him'. The practice of decorating interior spaces with sets of calligraphic roundels is seen as early as the sixteenth century with ceramic ...

Built in the 19th century, the palace was used by the final Ottoman sultans as their primary residence and administrative seat. The interior and exterior architecture showcase a mix of European ...

Jim Claven explores Nafpaktos's history and multicultural heritage, a historic gem near the Corinthian Gulf. He visits the ...

Painted in 1826 by Eugène Delacroix, Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi is one of the most celebrated French paintings of the ...

Lavash is a thin, leavened flatbread popular in the South Caucasus, West Asia, and the Caspian Sea. It can be adapted to modern kitchens using a griddle or wok. Bánh mì, or banh mi, is a Vietnamese ...

During the Ottoman empire, a golden age for bathhouses ... Since households at the time did not have running water, hammams ...