However, this was halted as a report reached Constantinople that the Safavids were invading the Ottoman Empire, causing a period of panic, turning the Sultan's attention away from Russia.

However, this did little to stem the Ottoman advance in Asia Minor.

However, the relationship of trust and friendship between Serbia and Bulgaria, built during their long common fight against Ottoman rule, suffered irreparable damage.

However, not long after, Yeshaq revolted once again with Ottoman support but was defeated once and for all in 1578, leaving the Ottomans with domain over Massawa, Arqiqo and some of the nearby coastal environs, which were soon transferred to the control of Beja Na ' ibs ( deputies ).

However, other British government officials were beginning to worry more about the rising political dominance of the Russian Empire in eastern Europe and the corresponding decline of the Ottoman Empire.

" However, Zionism was regarded with suspicion by the Ottoman rulers and was unable to make major progress.

However, he underestimated the political and military strength of the capetanei ( καπεταναίοι – commanders ) who had led the revolt against Ottoman Empire in 1821, and who had expected a leadership role in the post-revolution Government.

However, in the 19th century after the fall of the Albanian pashaliks and the Massacre of the Albanian Beys an Albanian National Awakening took place and many revolts against the Ottoman Empire were organized.

However, under Abdullah II Al-Sabah, Kuwait pursued a general pro-Ottoman foreign policy, formally taking the title of Ottoman provincial governor, however this relationship with the Ottoman Empire did result in Ottoman interference with Kuwaiti laws or selection or rulers.

However, Jahangir's son and successor Shah Jahan perused the a goal of alliance with the Ottoman Empire.

However, historians today stress the symbolic and not the strictly military significance of the battle, for within six months of the defeat a new Ottoman fleet of some 250 sail including eight modern galleasses had been built, with the shipyards of Istanbul turning out a new ship every day at the height of the construction.

However, the 17th century was not simply an era of stagnation and decline, but also a key period in which the Ottoman state and its structures began to adapt to new pressures and new realities, internal and external.

However, the Treaty also revealed that the Ottoman Empire was on the defensive and unlikely to present any further aggression in Europe.

However following the Treaty of Belgrade, the Ottoman Empire was able to enjoy a generation of peace as Austria and Russia were forced to deal with the rise of the Prussians under King Frederick the Great.

) However, the printing press was used only by the non-Muslims in the Ottoman Empire until the 18th century.

However, after his death, Moldavia would also come under the suzerainty of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century.

However, Turkish failure to pursue the victory enraged Charles and from that moment his relations with the Ottoman administration soured.

However, the change of sovereignty from the Byzantine Empire to the Ottoman one did not affect the city's prestige as a major imperial city and trading hub.

However, weakened 14th-century Bulgaria was no match for a new threat from the south, the Ottoman Turks, who crossed into Europe in 1354.

However, as the Ottoman Empire grew more powerful and aggressive, Venice was often put on the defensive.

However, a recent letter was found which was written by the Irish merchandises explicitly thanked the Ottoman Sultan for their help.

However, the walls did not prevent the Ottoman army from overrunning the city in 1645 after just two months ' siege.

However, as the Ottoman authorities cracked down on the organization's activities and members, al-Fatat went underground and demanded the complete independence and unity of the Arab provinces.

However, as this was also the period during which the power and terror of the commander of the Praetorian Guard, Sejanus, was at its peak, Claudius chose to downplay this possibility.

However, Thebes produced Pelopidas, her first great cavalry commander, whose tactics and skills were absorbed by Phillip II of Macedon when Phillip was a guest-hostage in Thebes.

However, Chiang's allied commander Zhang Xueliang, whose forces were used in his attack and whose homeland of Manchuria had been recently invaded by the Japanese, did not support the attack on the Communists.

However, it was the informal descriptive of Imperator (" commander ") that became the title increasingly favored by his successors.

However, XIII Corps commander — Lieutenant-General William Gott — rejected this and ordered the attack but on a centre line south of the original plan which he incorrectly believed was mine-free.

However, the latter sent his successful commander Aureolus against the rebels.

However, it has been argued that anti-Semitic themes continued, especially in the depiction of Tintin's enemy Rastapopoulos in the post-war Flight 714, though other writers argue against this, pointing out the way that Rastapopoulos surrounds himself with explicitly German-looking characters: Kurt, the submarine ( or u-boat ) commander of The Red Sea Sharks ; Doctor Krollspell, whom Hergé himself referred to as a former concentration camp official, and Hans Boehm, the sinister-looking navigator and co-pilot, both from Flight 714.

However, some authority over Jan Mayen has been assigned to the station commander of the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation, a branch of the Norwegian Armed Forces.

However, when Gen. Robert E. Lee became commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, he requested that Stuart perform reconnaissance to determine whether the right flank of the Union army was vulnerable.

However, Perseus's naval commander Antenor intercepted the fleet between Erythrae ( on the Western coast of Turkey ) and Chios.

However, the nameless Centurion in TOS's " Balance of Terror " seems to be a senior officer who holds sway with his commander, having served on more than 100 campaigns with him.

However, division in the United States over the war, a lackluster American militia, the incompetence of American military commanders, and swift and decisive action by the British commander, Sir Isaac Brock, kept Upper Canada part of British North America.

However, a few months later the commander of the new fort sold it to the commander of an Army of the Holy Roman Empire, and Toulon surrendered.

However, heavy losses on both sides prompted the Lý commander Thường Kiệt ( 1019 – 1105 ) to make peace overtures, allowing both sides to withdraw from the war effort ; captured territories held by both Song and Lý were mutually exchanged in 1082, along with prisoners of war.

However doubts about the willingness and capability of Italian forces to cooperate, and the distance of the mission far beyond support by the Allied military, resulted in the artillery commander of the 82nd, Brig.

However, his plan was foiled due to the steadfast leadership of the Ming commander in the capital, Gen. Yu Qian.

However, the real power lies with Philip who is declared commander of the League's army.

However, a powerful local communist commander named Tan Yubao ( 谭余保, 1899-10 January 1980 ) intervened at the last minute, saving Hu's life.

However, real power was held by army commander Raoul Cédras.

However, the army commander exercises direct operational control of the Bundesheer in both peacetime and wartime.

However, Giraud would take no position lower than commander in chief of all the invading forces, a job already given to Eisenhower.

However, he was treated to a surprise: Admiral François Darlan — the commander of all French forces — was also in Algiers on a private visit.

However, Torres Burgos, the commander of the operation, was disappointed that the army disobeyed his orders against looting and ransacking.

However, according to the Official War Diary of Army Group A, its commander, Generaloberst Gerd von Rundstedt, ordered the halt.