The story of Turkey by Stanley Lane-Poole
<b>The Story of the Moors in Spain </b>
Author: Stanley Lane-Pool
Publisher: G.P.Putnam's Sons
Publication date: 1893
Number of pages: 394
Format / Quality: PDF
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Language: English
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Stanley Lane-Poole
Stanley Lane-Poole (18 December 1854 - 29 December 1931) was a British orientalist and archaeologist. His uncle was Edward William Lane.Born in London, England, from 1874 to 1892 he worked in the British Museum, and after that in Egypt researching on Egyptian archaeology. From 1897 to 1904 he had a chair as Professor of Arabic studies at Dublin University.
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Le Kuran, sa poesie et ses Lois (1882)
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Turkey (1888)
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CONTENTS.
[spoiler]The King's Front. 1250-1326
The thirteenth century an epoch in European history, i — and
in Asia, 2— The Mongols, 2— The Turks, 4— The Seljuks, 5
— The Mongols again, 6 — The distribution of the Turks, 6 —
Seljuks of Iconium, 8 — Battle of Angora, 8 — Establishment
of Ertoghrul and the Turks, 9 — Sultanoni, 10— Birth of Oth^
man, 13 — His dream, 14, and marriage, 15 — Extension of
the Ottoman dominion, 16 — War with the Eastern Empire, 19
— Conquest of Brusa, 23 — Death of Othman, 23.
II.
Across the Hellespont. 13 26-1 380
Orkhun, 25 — Conquest of Nicomedia, Nicaea, and Pergamon,
25 — Organization of the state and army, 26 — The Janissaries,
27 — SipahTs, 31 — Causes of the success of the Ottomans, 32 —
Relations with the Eastern Empire, 33 — The Turks land in
Europe, 34 — Capture of Gallipoli, 34— MuracUj^ 35 — The
Slavs, 36 — War with Hungarians, Serbians, &c., 36 — Battle
of the Maritza, 36 —Advance of the Ottoman dominion in
Europe, 39 — and in Asia, 40.
III.
Kosovo AND NiCOPOLIS. 1380-I402 , . . 42-59
War with the Serbians, &c., 42 — Battle of Kosovo, 43 —
Xll CONTENTS.
Assassination of Murad I., 45 — Bayezid I., 46 — Despina, 49
— Subjugation of Serbia and Wallachia, 49, 50 — Crusade
against the Turks, 51 — Battle of Nicopolis, 55 — Massacre of
prisoners, 57.
IV.
Timur the Tartar. 1402 .... 60-73
Bayezid's power, 60 — Timur, 63— Siege of SI was, 65 — Second
battle of Angora, 66 — Captivity and death of Bayezid, 72 —
Apparent destruction of the Ottoman power, 73.
V.
Mohammed the Restorer. 1402-1421 . . 74-84
Vitality of the Turkish rule, 74 — Causes, 75 — Organization
and education, 76 — Mohammed I., 78 — Civil war, 79 — Re-
storation of order and authority, 80 — Mohammed the " gen-
tleman," 83— His death, 83.
VI.
MurAD II. AND HUNYADY. I42I-I451 . .^. ^ 85-98
Murad II., 85 — Si^e of Constantinople, 86 — Hunyady, 87 —
Relief of Hermannstadt, 88 — Passage of the BaKca^, 89 —
Treaty of Szegedin, 89 — Abdication of Murad, 89— Perfidy
of the Christians, 90 — Return of Murad, 91 — Battle of
Varna, 92 — Second battle of Kosovo, 96 — Death of Murad,
96 — Siege of Belgrade, 97 — St. John Capistran, 97 — Death
of Hunyady, 98.
VII.
The Fall of Constantinople. 1451-1481 . 101-139
Mohammed II., loi — Quarrel with Constantine Palaeohv^^s,
107 — Sieges of Constantinople, 108 — The final siege, !' —
Death of Constantine, 125 — Capture of the city, 129 — War
in the north, 133 — Scanderbeg, 133 — War with Venice, 135
— Negropont, Crimea, Rhodes, 136 — Conquest of Otranto
and death of Mohammed II., 139.
VIII.
Prince Jem. 1481-1512 .... 140-151
Bayezid II., 140 — His inaction and deposition, 140-1 —
Prince Jem, 141 — Takes refuge with the Knights of Rhodes,
and is made prisoner, 142 — Transferred to Nice, 145, and
Rome, 146, and is probably poisoned by the Pope, Alexander
Borgia, 149-150.
IX.
The Conquest of Egypt. 1512-1520 . . 152-164
Selfm II., "the Grim," 152— Murder of his kindred, 152—
His literary talent, 153 — His policy, 153 — Persian history,
154 — ShiaF, 155 — Selira massacres the heretics, 155 — War
with Shah Ismail, 156— Battle of Chaldiran, 157— The Mam-
luk Sultans of Egypt and Syria, 158 — Their valour, 159 —
Their mosques and palaces, 160 — SelTm marches against them,
161- ' 'ties of Marj Dabik, Gaza, and Reydaniya, 161 —
Conquest of Egypt, 162 — Selim becomes Khalif, 162, and
dies^ 16^
X.
SULEYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT. 1520-1566 . 165-204
A gjeat epoch, 165— Suleyman and his contemporaries, 166
—His character, 169— Capture of Belgrade, 169— Conquest of
Kl.odes, 170— Ibrahim the Grand Vezir, 173— Invasion of
Hungary, 174— Battle of Mohacs, 179— Fall of Buda, Pesth,
G*-^--, Comorn, Raab, and Altenburg, 180 — Advance on
V .na, 183— The defence, 184— The siege, i87--The re-
treat, 190 — Peace of Constantinople, 191 — Si^e of Sziget-
var, 192 — Nicholas Zriny', 192— Death of Suleyman, 192 —
Rovelana, 195 — Turkish admirals, Barbarossa, Dragut, Piali,
I — Suleyman's Empire, 196.
XI.
The Downward Road. 1566-1640 . 205-220
The turn of the tide, 205 — Causes of the decline, 206 —
Selim the Sot, 208 — SokoUi Mohammed, 208 — Sinan Pasha,
208 — Expedition to Astrakhan, 208 — Conquest of Cyprus,
208-9 — BattU of Lepanto, 209 — Don John of Austria, 209 —
Uluj Ali, 210 — Peace with Venice, 210 — Murad III. and
Mohammed III., 213 — Saffa, 213 — Count Cicala, 213 —
Battle of the Keresztes, 213 — Ahmed I., 214 — English em-
bassy, 214 — Murad IV., 217 — Conquest of Georgia, 217 —
Mutiny of SipahT
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