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Early Modern Diplomacy<p>The SublimePorte was a very specific diplomatic arena. The presence of <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/emdiplomats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emdiplomats</span></a> there increased significantly between the 16th and 18th century. During this time, European views of the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/OttomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OttomanEmpire</span></a> changed, redefining the sultan’s realm from a dangerous and largely unknown imperium to a potential ally with attractive cultural trademarks. The European representatives and diplomatic outposts in <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Constantinople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constantinople</span></a> remained important political links to the outside world for the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/sultan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sultan</span></a> <br> <br>Following the pioneering example of medieval <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Venice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Venice</span></a>, several European states created a permanent diplomatic outpost at the sultan’s <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a>, as Zsuzsanna Cziráki outlined in her article on the <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SublimePorte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SublimePorte</span></a> as a sphere of diplomatic interaction:</p><p><a href="https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110672008-021/html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">degruyter.com/document/doi/10.</span><span class="invisible">1515/9783110672008-021/html</span></a></p><p> (4/6) </p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/emdiplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emdiplomacy</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NewDiplomaticHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewDiplomaticHistory</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/adventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventCalendar</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/adventCalendar2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventCalendar2024</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/historikerinnen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>historikerinnen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/earlymodern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>earlymodern</span></a></span></p>
Rock Paper Shotgun<p>Sultan’s Game is a dark, fascinating, and irrepressibly horny oddity - <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/sultans-game-is-a-dark-fascinating-and-irrepressibly-horny-oddity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rockpapershotgun.com/sultans-g</span><span class="invisible">ame-is-a-dark-fascinating-and-irrepressibly-horny-oddity</span></a> <a href="https://die-partei.social/tags/Sultan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sultan</span></a>'sGame <a href="https://die-partei.social/tags/Strategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Strategy</span></a> <a href="https://die-partei.social/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@Nochem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nochem</span></a></span> </p><p>&gt;&gt; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OttomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OttomanEmpire</span></a> was expansive, with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabs</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a>, and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Christians</span></a> as subjects. The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Caliph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caliph</span></a> had influence as far as <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishIndia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishIndia</span></a>.</p><p>Today, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> informed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oman</span></a> about records pertaining to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OttomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OttomanEmpire</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NationalArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalArchives</span></a> of India <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAI</span></a> and handed over a list of 70 documents which cover a period from 1793-1953.</p><p>Subjects incl. treaties between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishIndia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishIndia</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sultan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sultan</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Muscat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Muscat</span></a>, and between India, Muscat and Oman.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@escarpment" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>escarpment</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://noc.social/@lukevanin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lukevanin</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.thestatesman.com/world/india-oman-to-cooperate-in-the-field-of-archives-1503272543.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestatesman.com/world/india-o</span><span class="invisible">man-to-cooperate-in-the-field-of-archives-1503272543.html</span></a></p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OttomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OttomanEmpire</span></a> - 1</p><p>When the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turks</span></a> conquered <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arabia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabia</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Arabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arabs</span></a> lost their religious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Caliphate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caliphate</span></a> to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkish</span></a> Sultans, who merged powers of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sultan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sultan</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Caliph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caliph</span></a></p><p>For 400 years before the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreatWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWI</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> were under despotic Ottoman <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/occupation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>occupation</span></a>, subject to onerous <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TurkishYoke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TurkishYoke</span></a></p><p>For 4 centuries, occupation was NOT an issue</p><p>End of WWI finally brought independence to Arabs (WWII for Palestinians), but they turned that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>independence</span></a> into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grievance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grievance</span></a> against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> presence in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a></p><p>⬇️</p>
Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>Impetus for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kitchener" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kitchener</span></a>'s desire to "capture <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Islam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Islam</span></a>" in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleEast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddleEast</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWI</span></a> was rooted in his inability to understand that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/societiesAreNotHomogenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>societiesAreNotHomogenous</span></a>. </p><p>There was a time when Britain ruled over half of world's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/muslims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>muslims</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, and Kitchener believed Islam as a homogenous, single centralized entity controlled by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Caliph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Caliph</span></a> — <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mohammad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mohammad</span></a>'s successor.</p><p>This perception probably grew out of the fact that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turkish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turkish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sultan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sultan</span></a> had immense sway over muslims far away in India.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PeaceToEndAllPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeaceToEndAllPeace</span></a></p>
Sultan サルタン 술탄 สุลต่าน<p>A concept character. I thought of making it in a steampunk feel. Enjoyed the process. :coffee_mug: <br><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/draw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>draw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/sketchbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sketchbook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/sketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sketch</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/sultan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sultan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/concept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>concept</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>summer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/steampunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steampunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/manga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a></p>