Sultans in the Ottoman Empire loved to eat. In the 15th century, Topkapi Palace boasted a kitchen staff of 100 people, a number that grew to 500 during the 16th-century reign of Suleiman the ...

At a recent lecture hosted by the Council for British Research in the Levant (CBRL), Yasir Suleiman, professor of Modern Arabic Studies at the University of Cambridge guided the audience through the ...

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The words below it are written in Turkish, and proclaim Suleiman's role as Sultan, ruler specifically of the Ottoman Empire, and sovereign of all its subjects - Muslim, Jewish or Christian.

The mid-16th century was the zenith of the Ottoman empire, by far the most powerful of the Muslim states of the Middle and Near East. During the long reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, Ottoman armies ...

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Some claim it gained popularity in the Ottoman Empire under Suleiman the Magnificent – who ruled from 1520 to 1566 – and whose palace kitchens had a dedicated dessert section, the “Helvahane” or “The ...