AUTHOR'S ARTICLES
Significant Ottoman Mathematicians and their Works
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 19th December 2011
This article aims to give an overview of the formation and development of mathematical studies and the work of famous mathematician in the Ottoman State over a 600 year period, from the period preceding the…
Vidinli Huseyin Tawfik: A Modern Turkish Specialist of Linear Algebra
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 17th November 2008
This article is a biography essay on the life and works of Vidinli Tawfiq Pasha, a 19th-century Ottoman scholar, statesman and general of 19th-century Istanbul, and a noteworthy mathematician who published in 1882 an important…
Ottoman Contributions to Science and Technology
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 11th August 2008
The Ottoman contribution to science and technology during their six hundred year rule is beyond measure. This article is a brief outline of just some of the Ottoman scientific activities and related institutions that brought…
Taqi al-Din Ibn Ma’ruf: A Bio-Bibliographical Essay
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 26th June 2008
This article is a bio-bibliographical essay on the life and works of Taqī al-Dīn Ibn Ma'ruf, a scholar of 16th-century Istanbul, one of the most prolific and original scientists of the Ottoman period of Islamic…
Glances on Calendars and Almanacs in the Islamic Civilisation
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 7th February 2007
From the beginning of the Islamic history, the scholars developed the Islamic hijri calendar as a lunar calendar designed to organize timekeeping for religious and social needs. The development of the Islamic calendar and the…
Suleymaniye Medical Madrasa
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 3rd February 2007
This article discusses the emergence and origins of institutional Ottoman medical practice and learning, and provides an insight into the trade of expertise between the Ottoman provinces and further a field. It focuses on the…
Transfer of Modern Science and Technology to the Ottoman State
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 20th December 2006
This article will provide a short introduction to the history of scientific activities in the Ottoman world until the eighteenth century. Scientific researches show that there are many translation activities in different fields in the…
Artillery Trade of the Ottoman Empire
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 8th September 2006
Trade has no borders. During times of hostility between the Ottoman Empire and Europe, European traders were not only trading with the Ottomans but trading in contraband war materials. This article provides an insight into…
Ebru: The Art of Paper Marbling
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 1st February 2006
Marbling is an art form developed in the Muslim world, possibly with Chinese origins. Often it has been used to create colourful book binding inside covers. Here is a little history of this art.
Astrology for the Ottomans
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 29th September 2004
Among the Ottomans there was constant controversy over whether astrology violated the principles of reason and religion. Although many Islamic scholars judged astrology to contravene religion, astronomers continued to interpret the heavens, and sultans to…
Science and Institutions within Ottoman Administration
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 19th April 2004
The Ottomans conserved the fundamental features of Islamic civilisation in their scientific institutions as they also did in social and cultural areas. Three of the six Ottoman state scientific institutions dealt with here are in…
The Cannon of Mehmed II
by Salim Ayduz Published on: 4th June 2003
In the Fort Nelson Museum a huge bronze cannon sits in the court yard. Cast in two peices in 1464 by the order of the Sultan Mehmed II, no such split guns existed in Europe…