Abdülhamid or Abdul Hamid I was the 27th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire,reigning over the Ottoman Empire from 1774 to 1789.
The Eyalet of Anatolia was one of the two core provinces in the early years of the Ottoman Empire. It was established in 1393. Its capital was first Ankara in central Anatolia,but then moved to Kütahya in western Anatolia. Its reported area in the 19th century was 65,804 square miles (170,430 km2).
Halil Berktay is a Turkish historian at Ibn Haldun University and was columnist for the daily Taraf.
"Öküz" Mehmed Pasha,also known as Kara Mehmed Pasha or "Kul Kıran" Mehmed Pasha,was an Ottoman statesman,administrator and military figure of the early 17th century who held the office of Grand Vizier twice,the first time from 17 October 1614 to 17 November 1616 and the second time from 18 January 1619 to 23 December 1619. He was also governor of Egypt from 1607 to 1611. Okuz Mehmed's nickname "Kul Kiran" (slavebreaker) came from his success in crushing the mutiny in Egypt during the early 1600s.
İlber Ortaylı is a Turkish historian and professor of history of Crimean Tatar origin at the MEF University,Galatasaray University in Istanbul and at Bilkent University in Ankara. In 2005,he was appointed as the director of the TopkapıMuseum in Istanbul,until he retired in 2012.
Halil İnalcık was a Turkish historian. His highly influential research centered on social and economic approaches to the Ottoman Empire. His academic career started at Ankara University,where he completed his PhD and worked between 1940 and 1972. Between 1972 and 1986 he taught Ottoman history at the University of Chicago. From 1994 on he taught at Bilkent University,where he founded the history department. He was a founding member of Eurasian Academy.
Yavuz Ali Pasha or MalkoçAli Pasha was an Ottoman statesman. He belonged to the Malkoçoğlu family and served as the Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 16 October 1603 to 26 July 1604 replacing Yemişçi Hasan Pasha. He had previously served as the Ottoman governor of Egypt from 1601 to 1603. His installation as Grand Vizier took place on 29 December 1603,over two months after his appointment and a week after the accession of Ahmed I,due to the time it took him to settle affairs in Egypt and travel to Constantinople. He brought with him two years' worth of the province's back taxes.
Gazi Hüseyin Pasha,also known as Deli Hüseyin Pasha or SarıHüseyin Pasha or Baltaoğlu Hüseyin Pasha,was an Ottoman military officer and statesman. He was governor of Egypt (1635–1637),Kapudan Pasha in the 1630s,and briefly Grand Vizier in 1656.
Ivaz Mehmed Pasha,also known as HacıIvaz Mehmed Pasha or HacıIvazzade Mehmed Pasha,was an 18th-century Ottoman grand vizier and provincial governor.
SarıSüleyman Paşa was the grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 18 November 1685 to 18 September 1687. He was executed after the defeat of the Ottoman forces in the Second Battle of Mohács.
Fatma Mihrengiz Kadın was the third consort of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire.
Dilfirib Kadın was the fifth and last consort of Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire.
Hümaşah Sultan was an Ottoman princess,the daughter of Şehzade Mehmed (1521–1543) and the granddaughter of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent of the Ottoman Empire,and his favourite consort and legal wife Hurrem Sultan.
Hatice Aynışah Sultan was an Ottoman princess,daughter of Sultan Bayezid II and sister of Sultan Selim I of the Ottoman Empire.
Erhan Afyoncu is a Turkish historian,writer,academician,television programmer and columnist. Rector of the National Defense University.
Amy Singer is a Professor of Ottoman and Islamic History at Brandeis University. Her major research areas are agrarian relations,philanthropy,and the city of Edirne.
The Cihanoğlu family is a Turkish family that established dominance around Aydın in the 18th century,when the central government weakened and regional feudal lordships came to the fore in the Ottoman Empire. The name translates as "son of Cihan".
Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin Efendi was an Ottoman prince,the son of Sultan Abdulmejid I and one of his consorts,NükhetsezâHanım.
Feride Hanımsultan was an Ottoman princess,the daughter of Atiye Sultan and Ahmed Fethi Pasha and the granddaughter of the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II.
