sansaregina:HISTORY MEME | five ottoman sultans: murad iv “From the 1570s onwards, with some notable
sansaregina:HISTORY MEME | five ottoman sultans: murad iv “From the 1570s onwards, with some notable exceptions such as Murad IV, the connection between emperorship and military command had in any case been broken; arguably this happened even earlier, since all of Selim II’s military triumphs, from the capture of Cyprus in 1570 to the fall of Tunis in 1574, were accomplished not under his command but by his serdars, who had the responsibility to represent him on the battlefield.” – Rhoads Murphey, Exploring Ottoman Sovereignty: Tradition, Image and Practice in the Ottoman Imperial Household, 1400-1800 -- source link
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