10 results for “istanbul”
...t a wonderful army that army will be.' The city was renamed Istanbul and became the Ottoman capital.
Mimar Sinan, the greatest Ottoman architect, died in Istanbul. He designed over 300 structures including the Suleymaniye ...
...rrika established the first Arabic-script printing press in Istanbul. While printing in European languages had existed for centu...
...nfluential Islamic reformer and political activist, died in Istanbul. He promoted Pan-Islamic unity against European colonialism...
Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II who conquered Constantinople in 857 AH (1453 CE), fulfilling the prophecy of the Prophet. A patron of Islamic scholarship and architect
...markand observatory under Ulugh Beg, later chief teacher at Istanbul.
The leading Hanafi jurist of the Ottoman Empire under Sultan Mehmed II. His Durar al-Hukkam and Mir'at al-Usul are standard Ottoman legal texts.
Six centuries of Islamic governance: from Osman I to the fall. The last caliphate and its impact on the Muslim world.
...rom the Prophet's Mosque in Madinah to the grand mosques of Istanbul, an exploration of Islamic architectural principles and sty...