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Antoine Ignace Melling
Antoine Ignace Melling (27 April 1763 – November 1831) was a painter, architect and voyager who is counted among the “Levantine Artists”. He is famous for his vedute of Constantinople, a town where he lived for 18 years. He was imperial architect to Sultan Selim III and Hatice Sultan and later landscape painter to the Empress Josephine of France. His most influential work is published as ''Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore''. Melling's two given names are often written in hyphenated form as Antoine-Ignace. Biography Melling was born Anton Ignaz Melling in Karlsruhe, Baden, in 1763. After the death of his sculptor father, he lived with his painter uncle, Joseph Melling, in Strassbourg (Alsace). As a young man he visited his older brother, and studied Architecture and Mathematics at Klagenfurt. At the age of 19, he went to Italy, Egypt, and finally Constantinople as a member of the Russian Ambassador's retinue and household with the aim of dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hatice Sultan Saray Melling
Hatice (also Hadice, Hatçe) is an Arabic-origin Turkish feminine given name and Turkish variant of Khadija (wife of Muhammad). It means trustworthy, respected, and early born baby girl. People Notable people with that name include: Ottoman period * Hatice Sultan (daughter of Selim I), an Ottoman princess, sister of Suleiman the Magnificent * Hatice Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III), an 18th-century Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Ahmed III * Hatice Sultan (daughter of Mustafa III), an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Mustafa III and sister of Sultan Selim III * Hatice Sultan (daughter of Murad V), an Ottoman princess, daughter of Sultan Murad V * Hatice Muazzez Sultan (1629–1687), wife of Ottoman Sultan Ibrahim I Modern period * Hatice Açıkalın (1909–2003), Turkish physician * Hatice Aslan (born 1962), Turkish actress * Hatice Duman (born 1974), Turkish journalist * Hatice Duman (table tennis) (born 1994), Turkish para table tennis player * Hatice Guleryuz (born 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sultan
Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it came to be used as the title of certain rulers who claimed almost full sovereignty (i.e., not having dependence on any higher ruler) without claiming the overall caliphate, or to refer to a powerful governor of a province within the caliphate. The adjectival form of the word is "sultanic", and the state and territories ruled by a sultan, as well as his office, are referred to as a sultanate ( '. The term is distinct from king ( '), despite both referring to a sovereign ruler. The use of "sultan" is restricted to Muslim countries, where the title carries religious significance, contrasting the more secular ''king'', which is used in both Muslim and non-Muslim countries. Brunei and Oman are the only independent countries which retain the ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
