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Åžehzade Mahmud Åževket
Şehzade Mahmud Şevket Efendi (; also Mahmud Şevket Osmanoğlu; 30 July 1903 – 31 January 1973) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin, and the grandson of Sultan Abdulaziz. Early life Şehzade Mahmud Şevket was born on 30 July 1903 in his father's villa in Suadiye. His father was Şehzade Mehmed Seyfeddin, son of Sultan Abdulaziz and Gevheri Kadın, and his mother was Nervaliter Hanım. He had two full siblings, Şehzade Ahmed Tevhid and Gevheri Sultan, Twins one year younger than him, and an older half-brother, Şehzade Mehmed Abdulaziz. Education and career Şevket began his education in the princes school located in the Ihlamur Pavilion. On 5 June 1918, he was enrolled in the Naval High School (Turkey), Imperial Naval School located on Heybeliada, Heybeliada Island. On 9 July 1918, he was given the rank of junior officer in the Ottoman navy. However, a few months later, his education naval school ended and he was sent back to Ihlamur Pavilion for mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ottoman Constantinople
Neolithic artifacts, uncovered by archeologists at the beginning of the 21st century, indicate that Istanbul's historic peninsula was settled as far back as the 6th millennium BCE. That early settlement, important in the spread of the Neolithic Revolution from the Near East to Europe, lasted for almost a millennium before being inundated by rising water levels. The first human settlement on the Asian side, the Fikirtepe mound, is from the Copper Age period, with artifacts dating from 5500 to 3500 BCE. In the European side, near the point of the peninsula ( Sarayburnu) there was a settlement during the early 1st millennium BCE. Modern authors have linked it to the possible Thracian toponym ''Lygos'', mentioned by Pliny the Elder as an earlier name for the site of Byzantium. There is evidence suggesting there were settlements around the region dating as far back as 6700 BC, and it is hard to define if there was any settlement on exact spot at city proper established, but earlies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
