Surrounded by empty fields and the odd three-story house, around ten minutes outside of Prishtina, is the grand memorial ground of Sultan Murad I, reportedly the only Ottoman sultan ever to die in ...

A row has erupted in the Kosovo town named after 14th century Serbian knight Milos Obilic, the alleged killer of invader Sultan Murad I, over whether to name a cultural centre after the Ottoman ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — A church bell ...

The Battle of Varna occurred on November 10, 1444, in the vicinity of Varna, situated in eastern Bulgaria. This pivotal clash ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Today in History. Followed categories will be added to My News. An obituary by Lord Eversley, who wrote the widely read book, The Turkish Empire, on the decline of ...

A strong Muslim Indian woman who stands against British colonialist in 19th century India is the dynamic of the latest novel by the granddaughter of Ottoman Sultan Murad V. Kenize Mourad’s “In the ...

TOWARDS the close of the sixteenth century, the Ottoman Empire had begun to show signs of declension. In the year 1574, the Sultan, Selim the Drunkard, died, and was succeeded by his son, Murad III.

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece — A church bell sounds, the staccato thudding of mallet on plank summons monks to afternoon prayers, deep voices are raised in communal chant. And high in the great tower of ...