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Chronicle on the Death of Sultan Osman II and the Reigns of Mustafa and Murad
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Sunday, 15th of the aforementioned month [Elul; 10.9.1623]. The Sipahis [feudal cavalrymen] and the Janissaries [professional infantry corps] and all the king’s slaves and ministers came to speak with…

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Unknown

Places:

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Türkiye)

Date:

1622–1624

Subjects:

Monarchy, Antisemitism, Blood libel, Holidays, Passover

Categories:

Historical writing, Firsthand accounts
Shalmaneser III, Kurkh Monolith
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In the eponymate of Dayan-Ashur, on the 14th of Aiaru (Iyyar), I set out from Nineveh . . . I set out from the Euphrates and approached Aleppo. They (i.e., the inhabitants of Aleppo) were afraid of…

Places:

Kurkh, Assyria (Üçtepe, Türkiye)

Date:

853–824 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Calendar, Government, Monarchy, Gravestones & tombs, Inscriptions

Categories:

Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions