Posts Tagged ‘sultan’

How a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Dined (Video)

Ottoman sultans, including the illustrious Suleiman the Magnificent, held a profound appreciation for culinary extravagance. Read more Section:  News Videos History Ancient Traditions Read Later  Source

Emirati Sultan Al Neyadi becomes first Arab to walk in space

Sultan Al Neyadi completes ‘the first Arab spacewalk in history’ wearing a space suit that bears the Emirati flag. Source

President Assad Holds a Summit with Sultan of Oman Bin Tariq

FEBRUARY 20, 2023 ARABI SOURI Syrian President Bashar Assad held a summit with the Sultan of Oman Haitham Bin Tariq in Muscat, Oman on a one-day business trip to the sultanate. The Syrian Presidency shared the news about the open and closed summits between President Assad and Sultan Bin Tariq with footage of the arrival […]

Did a Sultan Find Medusa’s Sarcophagus in the Basilica Cistern?

Nestled beneath the winding streets of Istanbul, just 490 feet (149 meters) from the Hagia Sophia, lies an ancient cistern that may have been the final resting place of Medusa! Read more Section:  News Myths & Legends Europe Ancient Places Europe Read Later  Source

Hala Sultan Tekke: Muslim Holy Site and a Historic Landmark of Cyprus

The history of Cyprus is very colorful and shaped by diverse ancient cultures and modern civilizations. As such, it proves time and time again that it is a true treasure trove of historical sites. Visiting Cyprus can turn out to be such an informative joy ride for any enthusiastic lover of history. And any historian […]

King Roger II Of Sicily: Christian Sultan And Half Heathen King

One of the most successful, but little known kings who reigned during the Middle Ages was Roger II  (1095-1154) who controlled the island of Sicily along with Apulia and Calabria in Southern Italy. Historically Sicily had been occupied by Greek settlers and then Byzantine, followed by Muslim dominance from 827 to 1061. His father Roger […]

Tipu Sultan: A Legacy Dignified, Yet Despised

The most glorious saga of resistance to British imperialism in pre-independence India comes from the Mysore state of the south, where Tipu Sultan, the son of Hyder Ali, the chief commander of Mysore king Krishnaraja Wodeyar II proved to be the Englishman’s most petrifying dream. Tipu was an agile ruler who made sure that his […]

Bid you adieu ‘Sultan’: Remembering Sunil Kumar

It was in 2007 that I first came across the name of Sunil Kumar while reading an undergraduate course on medieval India at Delhi University. His newly published book on The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate, 1192-1286 (Permanent Black, 2007) had already become talk of the town by that time. In fact, he was among […]

Imperial Harem of the Ottoman Empire Served the Sultan in More Ways Than One

The imperial harem of the Ottoman era was the collection of wives, servants, and concubines of the Sultan, who sometimes numbered in the hundreds. Some were mere playthings or used for the production of heirs, while others rose to great power and influence. The term “harem” brings to mind an image of a room full […]

AZERBAIJAN RESCHEDULES ‘VICTORY DAY’ TO PLEASE SULTAN ERDOGAN. HEZBOLLAH DRONE BUZZES ISRAELI FORCES

South Front [embedded content] An unmanned aerial vehicle operated by Lebanese Hezbollah managed to cross into Israel’s north and monitor the Israeli military drills dubbed “Lethal Arrow”, Lebanese media affiliated with Hezbollah reported on December 3. The incident allegedly took place on November 26, on the second day of the drills. The Israeli side promoted […]

Sultan Razia: The First and Only Female Royal of Delhi

On the eve of October 1240, two armies faced one another ready for battle. This was a last-ditch effort by Sultan Razia to recapture her throne which had been usurped by her brother. Razia was the first and only female monarch of the Delhi Sultanate . It’s easy to see parallels between the ancient Egyptian […]

Report: Notorious Saudi Power Broker Bandar bin Sultan Arrested in Purge

According to a new report by Middle East Eye, Prince Bandar bin Sultan – Saudi Arabia’s most famous arms dealer, longtime former ambassador to the US, and recent head of Saudi intelligence – was among those detained as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) so-called “corruption purge” that started with the initial arrests of up to […]

‘Israeli’ Media Is Lying: PFLP Carried Out The Sultan Suleiman Street Stabbing Operation In Al-Quds, NOT Daesh

JUNE 17, 2017 MADDCOLDSONOFKUFA by Jonathan Azaziah Long live the Palestinian Resistance! Earlier on yesterday afternoon, three young Palestinian heroes affiliated with the PFLP, Baraa Ibrahim Saleh (18), Adel Hassan Ankoush (18) and Osama Ahmad Atta (19), all from the village of Deir Abou Mashal village just west of Ramallah, executed a daring Resistance operation […]

FORSAKEN SULTAN: Erdogan Isolated Ahead Trump Meeting in Washington

Erdogan has very little to offer Trump in Syria. But the question should not be whether Trump could even turn his back on the Kurds in his fight against ISIS. It is more, whether Trump can trust the Turkish leader to not shift the goalposts at the last minute Martin Jay21st Century Wire Turkey’s authoritarian […]

‘Il Duce’ Sultan: Will Turkey Turn Into an Islamofascist State?

Alleged rape suspect takes four hostages in Baltimore Burger King

     An armed man suspected in a recent rape took four people hostage — including a 7-year-old girl — inside a Baltimore Burger King after evading police Sunday, authorities said. Officers tried to stop the suspect, whom police did not name, to serve him an arrest warrant on the northwest side of the city about […]

Small plane crashes into the sea near Tel Aviv, Israel

     A small aircraft trying to make an emergency landing seemed to forget that it wasn’t a floatplane and landed in the Mediterranean Sea near Metzizim Beach in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The pilot reportedly radioed a mayday to nearby Sde Dov Airport so it could land there, but somehow lost control of […]

“We know Where You Live,” Israel

The Ugly Truth [Ariadna: Greg Bacon published this very interesting post, arguably even more interesting to Hezbollah, Lebanon, Iran, and other parties threatened by Israel with “total destruction. Data, Courtesy of Global Security.] A GIFT TO HEZBOLLAH: LATITUDE, LONGITUDE AND DESCRIPTION OF ISRAELI WMD SITES, INCLUDING NUKES AND BIO-CHEM SITES Israel warns Lebanon of total destruction […]

The IDF Goes Nazi?

The Ugly truth [Ariadna: That the IDF should obligate its soldiers to shave their beards is shocking. Only the Nazis made the religious Jews part with their beards. What next? Obligatory showers using s-p?! Many of these brave soldiers must have heard horror tales told by someone who knew someone who was a Survivor of the […]

UN chief Ban Ki-moon: Syria starvation is ‘a war crime’

     UN chief Ban Ki-moon says the use of food as a weapon against the Syrian people is a war crime amid reports of severe malnourishment in some besieged towns. Some 400,000 people in Syria are under siege as a foreign-backed insurgency is wreaking havoc across much of the country. “Let me be clear: the […]

Captagon: The Jihadist’s Drug

Michaela Whitton (AM) : Dubbed the “jihadist’s drug,” Captagon is rapidly flooding the Middle East and is said to be fueling the bloody conflict in Syria. French media recently reported that the Paris attackers may have taken the drug. Last weekend, Turkish anti-narcotics police seized 11 million Captagon pills in a haul that weighed almost […]

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