Book Review: The young Turks and the Ottoman Nationalities: Armenians,…
This volume, short and rich in primary source material, focuses on the relationshipbetween the Ottoman central government…
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Book Review: Incredible Ottoman Projects
When the term Ottoman architecture is used, the immediate image that comesto mind is that of the multitudes of mosque and…
Ottoman Mosques in Sana’a, Yemen Archeological and Architectural…
The Ottoman presence in Yemen Divided into two periods, first period from 945 AH until 1045 AH and then the second from 1289 AH…
Historicizing Influence of Ottoman Mysticism and Mawlana Jalal Al-Din Rumi…
Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi influenced Western societies with his teachings on mysticism and alternative approaches for human…
Preliminary Thoughts Upon The Policies of The Ottoman State In the 16…
This article aims to sketch concisely about the relationships between the Ottomans and the Portuguese pertaining to the…
Islam and Literature: A New Scheme Proposal in the Light of Conceptual…
When it comes to Turkey’s experience, the reasons for using West and modernity together are the secularisation policies of…
Foreword: The Relationship between Islam and Science in Recent Centuries
The Islamic world developed classical institutions of teaching, learning and research from the Abbasid period onwards. These…
John Buchan’s British-Designed: Jihad in Greenmantle
John Buchan (1875–1940) was the director of British Intelligence in the last two years of World War i and a novelist, too. His…
The Man Who Would Be Caliph: Sharīfian Propaganda in World War I
The purpose of Sharīfian propaganda during the war was first and foremost to gain Muslim, Arab and British recognition of the…
War, Propaganda and Architecture Cemal Pasha’s Restoration of Islamic…
In the following I am sending a few notes on the German survey of Damascus. The copy I am sending, from which the accompanying…
Gendering Jihad Ottoman Muslim Women and War during the Early Twentieth…
In November 1914 the fatwas issued by the Shaykh ül Islam Hayri Efendi, in which Muslims were called upon to take up arms against…
Ottoman Jihad or Jihads The Ottoman Shīʿī Jihad, the Successful One
In his provocative Holy War Made in Germany, the Dutch orientalist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje maintained that the Ottoman grand…
Domestic Aspects of Ottoman Jihad: The Role of Religious Motifs and…
Discussions on the Ottoman proclamation of the Great Jihad (Cihad-ı Ekber) in World War i usually focus only on its repercussions…
The Ottoman Proclamation of Jihad
Why did the Ottoman empire proclaim Jihad in November 1914 and who was the proclamation’s genuine author? Did the impetus come…