Written by Ehtesamul Hoque The story of the Fatih Sultan Mehmed is not merely a tale of conquest, but a masterpiece of political engineering that reshaped the map of the world. Mehmed II was the grand architect who understood that while a sword can seize a city, only...

Ottoman medicine was a sophisticated, holistic system that blended ancient Greek, Persian, Indian and Islamic medical traditions - principally humoral theory - with practical, empirical knowledge. Ottoman medicine integrated "prophetic medicine" and herbal...