Washing and Prayer
Washing After Personal Needs The third type of washing described in the original text is called Taharet. This washing is […]
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The Discipline and Rituals of the Kadri Dervishes
The Beginning of Religious Training Those who entered this religious order were required to pass through a period of strict
The Chupmefsahi Sect in Constantinople
In recent years, a belief has become common in Constantinople, especially among the young men of the Seraglio (the Sultan’s
Sedition and the Rise of a New Sect
After the death of the fifth Sultan of the Turks, a man named Scheibech Bedredm, who had been Chief Justice
The Turkish View of Ambassadors
In the Ottoman Empire, the Turks did not make distinctions between different types of foreign representatives. Whether a person was
The Power of the Grand Signior
In the Ottoman system, the first concern was always the power of the ruler, known as the Grand Signior, or