Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos fought against Osman, the first Ottoman sultan. Byzantine emperor Michael ...
Emperor Michael IX Palaiologos fought against Osman, the first Ottoman sultan. Byzantine emperor Michael IX Palaiologos was born on this day in 1278. He was a contemporary of Ottoman sultan Osman I, t ...
The last Ottoman Sultan – Mehmed VI – was born in the extravagant Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, located ...
The last Ottoman Sultan – Mehmed VI – was born in the extravagant Dolmabahçe Palace in Istanbul, located on the Bosphorus shores. Around 14,000 kilos of gold were spent just for gilding the ceilings o ...