>supreme authority at that time one of the most powerful empires
>rule over the Arabian Peninsula,The Balkans and North Africa
>also the title of Caliph gaining supreme authority over Muslims around the world
and all you have to do is have all your brothers murdered
en.wikipedia.org
Would you be willing to kill all your brothers for the ottoman throne
Liam Russell
Jace Thompson
No, I like my brother.
Adam Martin
Sounds good to me
Daniel Murphy
This man is 17th in line to become Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Say something nice about him.
Kevin Carter
back to r/monarchism
Colton Thompson
also the Harems
the Harems filled with most beautiful women in the known world
from the Arabian Peninsula,The Balkans,Anatolia,East,west and North Africa,Persia even a couple from western Europe
Owen Young
No, but it's funny. It's because of this practice that the ottoman dynasty today is blond. If they hadn't kept killing off their ottoman genepool, then the light skinned ottomans could be outnumbered by the swarthy ottomans.
Austin Fisher
>The largest killing took place on the succession of Mehmet III when 19 of his brothers were killed and buried with their father
>Mehmed III (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثالث, Meḥmed-i sālis; Turkish: III. Mehmet; 26 May 1566–21 December 1603) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603.
I think i'll pass.
Lincoln Harris
yes ofc
Tyler Fisher
I will murder my entire family if it meant I'll rule this empire.
Mason Johnson
I will now start posting harem painting
Kayden Carter
Jaxson Price
Tyler Wood
Carson Cox
Sebastian Mitchell
James Jenkins
Evan Gray
Jayden Bailey
I thought that, after a while, the sultans let their brothers surrender instead of executing em.
Nolan Gray
Jonathan Evans
Robert Bennett
Daniel Lee
Jace Martin
>all the pale people in turkey are harem rapebabies
lol
Jace Perez
Nathan Hill
Roman bonus
Isaiah Ward
last one
Sebastian Sullivan
Cool pics. But needs more Suleiman.
Adam Morris
I wasn't pointing Ottoman harems.
These were Arabo-Berber harems and slave markets:
This was an Ottoman turkish hamam:
These were of Roman slaves for sales:
Oliver Turner
He's kinda handsome.
Asher Mitchell
would you strangle them your self or have guards murder them
Benjamin Turner
b-b-b-bump this thread with a pic of an actual harem of two nigeresses concubines based in north africa
Brandon Robinson
Why does he look like he has downs
Michael Lopez
No, for I am my brothers keeper. But if it was kill or be killed then probably. The italian blood in me would probably have no problem killing my brother.
Colton Fisher
>When a new Sultan ascended to the throne he would imprison all of his surviving brothers and kill them by strangulation with a silk cord as soon as he had produced his first male heir.
jesus christ the ottomans were savages
Cameron Flores
it was a way to prevent potential civil war
a potential war that would be sacrificing not only tens of thousands of men but also your Empire seeing cause your enemies might attack you in this moment of weakness
having your brothers killed was viewed as more humane solution
Zachary Ward
>having your brothers killed was viewed as more humane solution
or maybe the ottoman royalty should accept their place had they not been firstborn
no european country were so savage that fratricide or imprisonment was a thing that had to be considered for each new royal generation
Dylan Williams
no European country had state sponsored fratricide yes
but tell me how many European,Middle Eastern,Indian e.t.c kingdoms had succession crisis which led to civil wars between brothers where hundreds of thousand died,where peasants suffered