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2. Ottoman (furniture) - Wikipedia

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   An ottoman is a piece of furniture. [1] Generally, ottomans have neither backs nor arms. They may be an upholstered low couch or a smaller cushioned seat used as a table, stool or footstool. The seat may have hinges and a lid for the inside hollow, which can be used for storing linen, magazines, or other items, making it a form of storage ...

3. Caquetoire - Wikipedia

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   The caquetoire, or conversation chair, was an armchair style which emerged during the European Renaissance in France.. The name caquetoire is derived from caqueter, a French term meaning to chat. [1]

4. Classical Ottoman architecture - Wikipedia

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   Classical Ottoman architecture is a period in Ottoman architecture generally including the 16th and 17th centuries. The period is most strongly associated with the works of Mimar Sinan , who was Chief Court Architect under three sultans between 1538 and 1588.

5. Dunam - Wikipedia

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   A dunam (Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: دونم; Turkish: dönüm; Hebrew: דונם; Yiddish: דונאם), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma (citation needed), was the Ottoman unit of area analogous in role (but not equal) to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amount of land that could be ploughed by a team of oxen in a day.

6. Ottoman architecture in Egypt - Wikipedia

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   The renovation added extensive Ottoman Iznik tile decoration on the qibla wall and in the attached tomb he built for himself. [25] [26] Another example of a Mamluk building repurposed is the 14th-century Madrasa of Amir Sunqur Sa'di, which an Ottoman pasha gifted in 1607 to the Mevlevis, a Sufi order popular in the Ottoman Empire. [27]

7. History of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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   Uprisings in Ottoman territory had many far-reaching consequences during the 19th century and determined much of Ottoman policy during the early 20th century. Many Ottoman Turks questioned whether the policies of the state were to blame: some felt that the sources of ethnic conflict were external, and unrelated to issues of governance. While ...