The Golden Age of Ottoman Rule
Between 1451 and 1566 the Ottoman Empire achieved its greatest glories under three successive sultans: Mehmet II, Selim I and Süleyman I (known in the West as Süleyman the Magnificent).
Its territories eventually stretched from Algiers to Aden, from Buda to Basra and from the borders of Poland to those of Sudan. The Ottomans naturally regarded this success as a divine reward for their services to Islam. Manifestations of their Muslim faith were evident in all aspects of their lives: they had adopted the Arabic script; the language used by the Ottoman elite contained so much Arabic and Persian (both words and grammatical structures) that it was largely incomprehensible to the mass of Turkish subjects (and further widened the gap between rulers and ruled); the education system was dominated by Islamic teaching; magnificent mosques were the greatest glories of Ottoman architecture; Turkish artists, barred from the sort of painting familiar in the West because of Muslim objections to the representation of living beings, excelled in calligraphy, and Turkish craftsmen demonstrated their devotion as well as their skill by producing masterpieces to the glory of God in wood, metal and textiles; many of the most splendid Turkish carpets were prayer-rugs.
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