tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post7085776830956891307..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Monarch Profile: Sultan Selim IIIMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-61761057225371083032013-02-09T21:20:39.217-06:002013-02-09T21:20:39.217-06:00Sultan Selim III was a very good musician. He was ...Sultan Selim III was a very good musician. He was a Mawlawî and he played ney. (Ney is an Iranian religional instrument.) <br /><br />His composition:<br /><br />Bir Nev Civâne Dil Müpteladır (I've Been Addicted to a Young Girl) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kBIeARMNCQ<br /><br />Ey Gonca-i Nazîk (O My Gentle Bud!) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL8CprCXESg <br /><br />Suzîdilara Peşrev (Overture) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1KvFSTB0j8 <br /><br />Turkish Classical Music has a lot of maqam. Maqam is special feature in Turkish/Ottoman Classical Music. There are more than 300 maqam. Every maqam is different. For example; "Kurdilihijazkar" maqam is fun, rhythmic and fast but "Huzzam" maqam is heavy, slow, quiet, and sad. Because cheerful songs are Kurdilihijazkâr but sad songs are Huzzam. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12518718893804143132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-63834884958663375722013-01-22T16:46:46.824-06:002013-01-22T16:46:46.824-06:00By the way I completely agree with dos360's co...By the way I completely agree with dos360's comments regarding Mahmoud II's so-called modernization.Ibrahimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00794330767091490708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-31106856761323450162013-01-22T16:46:02.481-06:002013-01-22T16:46:02.481-06:00You're mixing the Wahhabis with the deobandis....You're mixing the Wahhabis with the deobandis. Muhammad b. Abdul Wahhab preached that nothing was to be worshipped other than God (because in those days saint-worship was quite common), and after his death his successors went about tearing up shrines and whatnot. But it is the Deobandis, and only the very extreme factions of them whcih are relatively few, that claim nothing can be adored except God. In general there's a big line between respect/love and worship in Islam: you only worship God (this is by the way common to all Muslim sects, it's only that certain groups interpret adoration as worship) but you can respect and love anything from God's creations and servants, including Prophet Muhammad and any decent humanIbrahimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00794330767091490708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-15131874354986461842011-02-28T11:37:21.254-06:002011-02-28T11:37:21.254-06:00The Wahhabis were bad but, on balance, their influ...The Wahhabis were bad but, on balance, their influence was fairly limited. It is the Westernisers who destroyed Turkey's empire and monarchy for they imagined that Turkey had something to learn from revolutionary countries like France. They mistook barbarism for a superior way of life. <br /><br />Mahmoud II, who succeeded Sultan Selim upon his death, is a case in point. He destroyed the Janissary establishment and then ended up granting independence to Greece. Need one say anything more? <br /><br />The Society of Union and Progress, was even more cackhanded. Its leaders overthrew the astute Sultan Abdulhamid II to set up a revolutionary government that espoused the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity. <br /><br />Thanks to their hard work, we have completely lost Africa and the Holy Land. What we have left of Europe is so small, it has been a joking matter for frog and kraut alike after Turkey applied to join the EU. That's not all, the entire oil belt of the Middle East is now outside our borders. And of course we are a republic. When one's country becomes a republic, one must adjust one's expectations accordingly.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09758657376733633194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-65613424421908884582011-02-03T23:50:59.329-06:002011-02-03T23:50:59.329-06:00Yes, an interesting contrast, and how both have co...Yes, an interesting contrast, and how both have continued apace in their respective civilisations too.<br /><br />A very curious thought.Professor Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00659779116600213901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-59303036370362743992011-02-03T18:02:18.885-06:002011-02-03T18:02:18.885-06:00As a Hungarian I would've fought on the side o...As a Hungarian I would've fought on the side of our Habsburg Empire (Austrian Empire: only from 1804), but a Hungarian warrior can always respect a noble enemy; even after 150 years of Turkish rule.<br /><br />Too bad we couldn't hold on to Belgrade (Hungarian: Nándorfehérvár); it's one of my favourite cities.Petrus Augustinushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03296159071531531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-61976779601940283942011-02-03T14:30:50.239-06:002011-02-03T14:30:50.239-06:00The word "Byzantine" does tend to come t...The word "Byzantine" does tend to come to mind. However, I've always found the reign of Selim III interesting because of his involvement in the Napoleonic Wars, the contrast between revolutions of "enlightenment" and atheism and those of fanatical religious belief and a rejection of innovation. I also thought it worth pointing out, since the Wahhabi sect is so troublesome today, to show their origins -making trouble for a Muslim emperor.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-35000777495718641152011-02-03T04:22:02.951-06:002011-02-03T04:22:02.951-06:00Sounds like the Ottoman Empire got its dream of be...Sounds like the Ottoman Empire got its dream of being the next Rome. Just not as they imagined, it would seem.Professor Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00659779116600213901noreply@blogger.com