Baghdad in the Ottoman Empire

The atlas holds 6 people and 9 moments here, from 1327 to 1863. The most recorded lives are Baháʼu'lláh, Timur and Ibn Battuta.

Baháʼu'lláh
from 1853 to 1863
3 moments here
Baháʼu'lláh (Mírzá Ḥusayn-ʻAlí Núrí) was an Iranian religious leader and founder of the Baháʼí Faith.…
Fuzuli
in 1534
1 moment here
Fuzuli (Muhammad bin Suleyman) was a 16th-century Azerbaijani-language poet who also wrote in Persian and Arabic.…
Ibn Battuta
in 1327
1 moment here
Maghrebi Muslim jurist, traveller, explorer, and author from Tangier. Between 1325 and 1354 he journeyed through North and East Africa, the Middle…
Mimar Sinan
in 1535
1 moment here
Mimar Sinan was the Ottoman Empire’s chief architect and a military engineer under Süleyman I, Selim II, and Murad III.…
Suleiman the Magnificent
in 1534
1 moment here
Ottoman sultan from 1520 to 1566, known in Ottoman tradition as Kanuni, the Lawgiver. Born at Trabzon and educated for dynastic rule, Suleiman…
Timur
from 1393 to 1401
2 moments here
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror and founder of the Timurid Empire.…