General György Kmety, known in the Ottoman army as Ismail Pasha, and officers, ca. 1855; 18.5 x 14.7 cm. (7.3 x 5.8 in.) close. Medium albuminised salt paper Size 18.5 x 14.7 cm. (7.3 x 5.8 in.) ...

Mehmet Emin Pasha (March 28, 1840 - October 23, 1892), born Eduard Carl Oscar Theodor Schnitzer, was a doctor, naturalist and The Governor of Hattı Ustüva / Equatorial Province of Ottoman State ...

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For centuries, it has been the Zayd branch that ruled over Mecca, but in the 1830s a former Ottoman vassal and ruler of Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, went to war against the Sultan, installing his ...

Ismail Pasha has purchased one of the largest palaces in Florence, with its extensive grounds, for 70,000. He is going to expend a considerable sum in altering and improving the palace and its ...

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Egypt has inaugurated a newly restored Ottoman mosque, built by the 16th century governor Suleyman Pasha al-Khadim, that lies within the citadel that has dominated Cairo's skyline for centuries.

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Ottoman sovereignty over the Muslim holy city of Mecca began in 1517 after the conquest of the Mamluk Empire under Sultan Selim I, who duly took on the office of caliph. The subsequent Turkish ...