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Finally had the time to make this thread.
I'll start w/ a well-known Ottoman Sultan: Suleiman the Magnificent. His relief portrait is in the House Chamber in the U.S. Capitol
His father of Greek descent (3/4) .
Below is a rare Sultan Suleiman portrait by Tiziano Vecellio https://twitter.com/OddOneOut07/status/1302629432738435073
I'll start w/ a well-known Ottoman Sultan: Suleiman the Magnificent. His relief portrait is in the House Chamber in the U.S. Capitol
His father of Greek descent (3/4) .
Below is a rare Sultan Suleiman portrait by Tiziano Vecellio https://twitter.com/OddOneOut07/status/1302629432738435073
Oruç Reis (Hayreddin Barbarossa's brother) the prominent Ottoman seaman and admiral that alter become the Bey of Algiers and Beylerbey of Western Mediterrenean.
His mother was Greek.
He transported large numbers of Morisco, Muslim& Jewish refugees from Spain to North Africa.
His mother was Greek.
He transported large numbers of Morisco, Muslim& Jewish refugees from Spain to North Africa.
Sultan Ahmed I, son of Mehmed III.
Again a Greek mother, his mother Handan Sultan was Greek. He ended the Ottoman tradition of royal fratricide.
He is well known for his construction of the Blue Mosque.
Below is his portrait by the Greek Ottoman painter Konstantin Kapıdağlı.
Again a Greek mother, his mother Handan Sultan was Greek. He ended the Ottoman tradition of royal fratricide.
He is well known for his construction of the Blue Mosque.
Below is his portrait by the Greek Ottoman painter Konstantin Kapıdağlı.
Leo of Tripoli (Rashīq al-Wardāmī/ Ghulām Zurāfa) was a Greek Muslim convert renegade and fleet commander of Abbasids. He is most notable for his sack of Thessalonica (904 AD)
Abu Firas al-Hamdani was an Arab prince and poet, served as the governor of Manbij.
His mother was a Byzantine Greek.
He was active in his cousin's wars against Byzantines.
His maternal descent was a source of scorn&taunts from his Hamdanid relatives reflected in his poems.
His mother was a Byzantine Greek.
He was active in his cousin's wars against Byzantines.
His maternal descent was a source of scorn&taunts from his Hamdanid relatives reflected in his poems.
Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam al-Khurasani al-Harawi was an Arab philologist and the author of many standard works on lexicography, Qur’anic sciences, hadith, and fiqh. His mother was a Byzantine Greek.
Below is an extract from his "The Book on Public Finance"
Below is an extract from his "The Book on Public Finance"
Bayezid I, another Ottoman Sultan from a Greek mother. He adopted the title Sultan-i Rûm. Anadoluhisarı (in Beykoz, picture below) was built under his rule. He conquered Nothern Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia& parts of Serbia.
He's also famous for his efforts in unifiying Anatolia.
He's also famous for his efforts in unifiying Anatolia.
Osman Hamdi Bey was an Ottoman administrator, intellectual and a prominent&pioneering painter. Below is a picture I took in Pera Museum where his most famous painting The Tortoise Trainer is displayed. His father İbrahim Edhem Pasha, Abdul Hamid II's Grand vizier, was Greek.
Sheikh Bedreddin was an influential mystic, scholar, theologian, and revolutionary. He is best known for his role in a 1416 revolt against the Ottoman Empire. He was born in 1359 in the town of Simavna (Kyprinos). His father was the ghazi of the town. His mother was Greek.
Al-Wathiq (Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad) was an Abbasid Caliph. His mother was Greek.
He was named Harun after his grandfather, Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
He was named Harun after his grandfather, Caliph Harun al-Rashid.
Al-Mu'tadid, Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad ibn Talha al-Muwaffaq (al-Mu'tadid bi-llah) was another Abbadis Caliph. His mother was Greek.
Bayezid II was the eldest son and successor of Mehmed II. He succesfully thwarted a Safavid rebellion. He is most notable for evacuating Sephardi Jews from Spain after the Alhambra Decree, and resettling them throughout Ottoman lands, especially in Thessaloniki and Istanbul.
Again a Greek mother:
Selim I- He is notable for the enormous expansion of Ottoman Empire, particularly his conquest of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, which included all of the Levant, Hejaz, Tihamah, and Egypt itself. All within 8 years of reign.
Selim I- He is notable for the enormous expansion of Ottoman Empire, particularly his conquest of the entire Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, which included all of the Levant, Hejaz, Tihamah, and Egypt itself. All within 8 years of reign.
Here's an interesting article on Selim I by historian Alan Mikhail https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/08/20/ottoman-sultan-who-changed-america/
Twelver Shias might get a bit frustrated by this but Hujjat ibn al-Hasan (Muhammad al-Mahdi)
which they consider to be a final Imam was from a Greek mother. Narjis (Melika), was a Byzantine princess who pretended to be a slave so that she might travel from her kingdom to Arabia.
which they consider to be a final Imam was from a Greek mother. Narjis (Melika), was a Byzantine princess who pretended to be a slave so that she might travel from her kingdom to Arabia.
Şehzade Halil was an Ottoman prince. His father was Orhan, the second bey of the Ottoman beylik (later empire). His mother was Theodora Kantakouzene, the daughter of Byzantine emperor John VI Kantakouzenos and Irene Asanina.
Murad I, again from a Greek mother.
He further expanded the Ottoman realm in Southeast Europe by bringing most of the Balkans under Ottoman rule. Murad I administratively divided his sultanate into the two provinces of Anatolia (Asia Minor) and Rumelia (the Balkans).
He further expanded the Ottoman realm in Southeast Europe by bringing most of the Balkans under Ottoman rule. Murad I administratively divided his sultanate into the two provinces of Anatolia (Asia Minor) and Rumelia (the Balkans).
Murad IV - Greek Mother
His reign is most notable for the Ottoman-Safavid War (1623–39), roughly laid the foundation for the current Turkey-Iran-Iraq borders.
His reign is most notable for the Ottoman-Safavid War (1623–39), roughly laid the foundation for the current Turkey-Iran-Iraq borders.
Mustafa I - Greek mother. Younger brother of Ahmed I.
His grave is in Hagia Sophia along with Selim II (Sultan Suleiman's son), his son Murad III, Murad III's son Mehmed III, Sultan Ibrahim and Sultan Mustafa.
His grave is in Hagia Sophia along with Selim II (Sultan Suleiman's son), his son Murad III, Murad III's son Mehmed III, Sultan Ibrahim and Sultan Mustafa.
Ahmed III and Mustafa II also had Greek mothers. Great Turkish War and Capture of Chios took place during Mustafa II's reign.
I'll add more prominent Muslims and Turks of Greek descent later.
I'll add more prominent Muslims and Turks of Greek descent later.