History

As Tamerlane rose and plague devastated Mamluk Egypt, the sons of Bayezid tore the Ottoman dynasty apart in a brutal war...

Muhammad the Conqueror, the 'excellent commander' of prophecy, slaughtered his own infant brothers, broke his pledge at...

Vlad III Dracul, raised as an Ottoman hostage, fought the empire with traps, poisoned water, plague and impalement, beco...

Cem, brother of Bayezid II, flees to Mamluk Egypt, and Saif al-Din Azbak crushes the Ottomans battle after battle - unti...

Selim I wipes out his brothers and turns on the Shiite Safavids, crushing Shah Ismail at Chaldiran - while Mamluk Egypt...

At Marj Dabiq, betrayal destroys the Mamluk army and Sultan al-Ghuri falls - then Tuman Bay takes up the burden as Selim...

Tuman Bay's guerrilla plan against Selim I, the betrayal of Khayr Bey, and the Battle of Ridaniya, where Tuman Bay nearl...

Selim's three days of looting Cairo, Tuman Bay's surprise night raids with captured gunpowder, and a street war that kil...

Selim's snipers on Cairo's minarets, the betrayal that delivered Tuman Bay, and his hanging at Bab Zuwaila, where he was...

Sultan Selim loots Egypt and rewards the traitor Khair Bey, whose reign of terror brings 25,000 deaths — until fate turn...

Suleiman the Lawgiver sinks into a stupor while Hurrem Sultan rules, Egypt burns under Janem and Inal's guerrilla war, a...

Nurbanu and Safiye battle for the palace while the Grand Vizier Sokollu turns prostitution into state revenue, a dervish...