Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire by Caroline Finkel

Osman's Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire by Caroline Finkel

Author:Caroline Finkel [Finkel, Caroline]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, History, Middle East, Turkey & Ottoman Empire
ISBN: 9780465008506
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 2007-08-01T07:39:09+00:00


* The Lion House was a former Byzantine church located outside the palace grounds to the south of Ayasofya, in the cellar of which the Ottoman sultans kept wild animals.

† Joseph’s turban may still be seen in the collection of Holy Relics housed in Topkapı Palace.

* Both the copper plate and the sword are displayed in the collection of Holy Relics housed in Topkapı Palace; I have been unable to ascertain whether the inscription referred to by Silahdar Fındıklılı Mehmed Agha is in Hebrew or Syriac, or whether a translation of it exists.



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