Ottoman reinforcements under Riza Pasha were repeatedly ambushed by the rebels. Turkish morale collapsed. Some of the Arabs in the Ottoman army turned out to be sympathetic to the Zaidi rebels ...

In 1565, the mighty Ottoman Empire launched a massive siege against the tiny island of Malta expecting a swift victory. But ...

The Ottoman Empire was one of the largest and longest-lived empires in southeastern Europe and the Middle East. It can only really be compared to the Roman Empire, which it replaced when it ...

The Ottomans were hated here and throughout the Arabic-speaking Middle East, not only by the regional minorities (Christians, Jews, Shia, etc.) but also by their Sunni Arab coreligionists.

Ottoman Ghosts Caroline Finkel’s new book, Osman’s Dream, explores the rise and calamitous fall of the Ottoman Empire. Daniel Lazare. Share. Copy Link. Facebook. X (Twitter) Bluesky. Pocket.

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They, and many others, were active members of the Ottoman imperial project, who designed, planned, implemented, and supported imperial Ottoman rule in the region and across the empire.

When Constantinople finally fell to the Ottomans on May 29, 1453, ... There were only 7,000 defenders on the walls to hold back a huge Turkish army of more than 150,000 attackers.