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Sultan Abdul Hamid II dies

Sultan Abdul Hamid II dies

February 10, 2021
by 5 Minute History On This DayOttoman Empire

On this day, 10 February 1918, the 34th Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II died after 9 years of his deposition from the Ottoman throne. He ruled for 33 years from 1876 to 1909. When he was dethroned, he was sent to Thessaloniki (now in Greece). In 1912, when ...

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Ibrahim I becomes the Sultan

Sultan Ibrahim I ascends the Ottoman throne

February 9, 2021
by 5 Minute History On This DayOttoman Empire

On this day, 9 February 1640, the 18th Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim I ascended the Ottoman throne after the death of his brother Sultan Murad IV. Ibrahim was the son of Sultan Ahmed I and famous Kösem Sultan, who has been described as the most powerful woman i ...

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Sultan Mustafa II is born

Sultan Mustafa II is born

February 6, 2021
by 5 Minute History On This DayOttoman Empire

On this day, 6 February 1664 CE, the 22nd Ottoman Sultan Mustafa II was born in Edirne. His eight and a half year reign witnessed major military debacle (1697) and territorial losses (Hungary and the Morea). After the Treaty of Karlowitz (1699), he abdic ...

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A very brief history of the Ottoman Empire

February 3, 2021
by Sarim Ashrafi Ottoman Empire

BACKGROUND Around the year 1038 CE, a Turkomen leader Tughril along with his brother Chagri Beg founded a Turkish state in the eastern Iranian city of Nishapur. In no time, the newly born state captured the parts of central Asia and Afghanistan, much ...

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Mehmed Fatih becomes Sultan

Mehmed Fatih becomes the Sultan for the 2nd time

February 3, 2021
by 5 Minute History On This DayOttoman Empire

On this day, 3 February 1451 CE, the 7th Ottoman ruler Mehmed the Conqueror ascended the Ottoman throne for the 2nd time at the age of 19. Previously, the 12-year-old Sultan ruled from 1444 to 1446 after his father Murad II had abdicated in favor of his ...

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The Last Ottoman Parliament meet

January 12, 2021
by 5 Minute History On This DayOttoman Empire

On this day, 12th of January, 1920 CE, the last Ottoman Parliament met in Istanbul. This parliament issued the National Pact or Misak-ı Milli expressing the will of the Turkish people to regain the full national integrity and independence. But the occupa ...

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Tipu Sultan's relations with the Ottoman Empire

Tipu Sultan’s relations with the Ottoman Empire

November 29, 2020
by 5 Minute History Kingdom of MysoreOttoman Empire

Kate Brittlebank in her book Tiger: The Life of Tipu Sultan writes: In November 1785, a large contingent from Mysore, comprising troops, servants, officials, and four vakils, left Srirangapattana for the port of Tadri on the Malabar coast. They we ...

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Ottomans lose Albania

Albania proclaims the Independence from the Ottoman Empire

November 28, 2020
by 5 Minute History On This DayOttoman Empire

Today on the 28th of November in 1912 CE, southeast European country Albania proclaimed its independence from the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman rule in Albania collapsed when the Ottoman troops were defeated by the Balkan coalition (Serbia, Greece, Bulgari ...

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Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I dies, November 22, 1617 CE, a short biography

November 22, 2020
by 5 Minute History On This DayOttoman Empire

Sultan Ahmed at a young age | Photo: Wikimedia Today on the 22nd of November in 1617 CE, the 14th Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I died in Istanbul at the age of 27. Ahmed was 13 years old when he ascended the throne. He was the second youngest Ottoman sultan. ...

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Abdülmecid II becomes the last Islamic and Ottoman Caliph, 1922 CE

November 18, 2020
by 5 Minute History On This DayOttoman Empire

Today on the 18th of November in 1922 CE, Ottoman prince Abdülmecid II became the last Islamic and Ottoman Caliph. Ottoman Sultanate was already abolished. So, the Caliph was now severed from all political power. Later, when Mustafa Kemal proclaimed the ...

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