Yahya Efendi, whose mother is Afife Hatun and father is ami Omer Efendi, a member of Ilmiye, was born in Trabzon in 1495. He was one of the leading intellectuals of XVI. century Ottoman society. As his mother was also the ...

Seyyid All Sultan, commonly known as Kizildeli Sultan, was a dervish/ghazi warrior, who, during the early years of the Ottoman principality, played an important role in the Turkification and Islamization of Rumeli (Thrace). ...