Tag: ottoman
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Dreaming the Prophet: The Role of Visionary Encounters in Ottoman Civilization
During the 2020 pandemic lockdown, a friend who had taken my recommendation to watch “Dirilis Ertugrul” shared his impressions with me. “I appreciate the Islamic elements they portray,” he remarked, “but as entertainment, I found those dream sequences tedious—Suleyman Shah appearing in Ertugrul’s dreams, sometimes Ibn al-Arabi showing up…it became quite irritating.” I responded that…
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A Night at Topkapi Palace
The skies were stricken with a cacophony of arresting fiery hues growing brighter at the horizon’s edge. It was like watching a comet frozen in place as it scaled the heavens with a lingering trail of warm light. The whole court glared eagerly at the sun that refused to set and make way for the quenching cobalt…