#ottoman empire

[baebeylik]

Tankard (Hanap) with Ships. Ottoman Empire. Late 16th century.

The Art Institute of Chicago.

[bobemajses]

Amuletic headdress worn by Jewish women of Greece and Turkey while pregnant. It has the names of the 3 angels that captured Lilith embroidered onto it. From Smyrna, Ottoman Empire, 19th century

[celestial-fang]

Break the lion’s claws, and your pathetic dreams of divinity

(Anniversary of the Battle of Chaldiran, 1514)

I have a Yavuz Sultan Selim x Shah Ismail fic on Ao3 titled “The Extinguished Sun in the Lion’s Mane”. It’s quite extreme but if you dig that then please go read it :3

[gorskivijenac]

Underground church from the 15th century at a graveyard in the village of Paklenje, vicinity of Raška, Serbia. National Museum of Kraljevo

In the early period of Ottoman rule, after the fortified town of Brvenik, located only about ten kilometers from Paklenje, fell to the Ottomans in 1455. the construction of new churches was prohibited, and anyone who violated the ban faced severe punishment, and if the Ottoman authorities discovered such a church, it would be demolished.

The church in Paklenje was most likely built despite this prohibition in secret, to serve the needs of the local villagers. This region of Serbia, the Ibar Valley and Stari Ras, is known for its miniature churches. In the Ibar Valley alone, there are around twenty such churches. When the Ottoman authorities were somewhat more lenient, they occasionally allowed villagers to build a church, but only if it could be completed within a week or a single night.

[fiery-kitty]

Dagger with sheath (2nd half of the 16th century)

The Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

The dagger combines luxury materials and courtly craftsmanship typical of Ottoman elite weaponry, with strong emphasis on ornamental surface treatment.

Type: Dagger, ceremonial weapon

Overall size: 31.6 × 5.8 × 2.5 cm

Overall weight: 0.277 kg

Sheath: 21.6 × 3.3 × 2.0 cm

Sheath weight: 0.171 kg

Origin: Turkish (Istanbul ?)

Material: Iron, gold, jade, gemstones

Technique: Forged, cast, engraved, chased, gold inlaid, stone-set

Decoration: Gold-inlaid blade inscriptions; gemstone inlays; engraved and chased gold mounts; jade grip and sheath with gold-inlaid decoration

Inscriptions: Turkish poem on one side and Persian poem on the other

[memories-of-ancients]

Ornate yatagan with walrus ivory hilt, decorated with gold and rubies, from the court of Suleyman the Magnificient, Ottoman Empire, circa 1525-1530

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[physicallyrobbiementallygod]

baby girl energy

[takes-both-hot-and-cold]

When discussing World War I history, I think people should talk more about the Armenian genocide. For those who aren’t aware, during the years 1915-1917 (roughly) the Ottoman Empire the mass murdered around one million Armenians with death marches to the Syrian Desert and forced the Islamization of others, primarily women and children.