: See disambiguation for other individuals called Aleksandr Orlov, in particular Alexander Grigorievich Orlov ( spy ) ( 1898-1940 ) chief of the GRU.

* Role of Christians in the Peasants ' Revolt in England, See Lollard priest John Ball.

: See also Ottoman Rule ( 15th – 1912 )

After his victory in the Battle of Mohács in 1526, he established Turkish rule in the territory of present-day Hungary ( except the western part ) and other Central European territories, ( See also: Ottoman – Hungarian Wars ).

The early Yâkût period was supplanted in the late 15th century by a new style pioneered by Seyh Hamdullah ( 1429 – 1520 ), which became the basis for Ottoman Calligraphy, focusing on the nesih version of the script, which became the standard for copying the Qur ' an ( See Arabic Calligraphy ).

See Ottoman occupation of Toulon.

Ottoman territories acquired between 1481 and 1683 ( List of Ottoman Empire dominated territories | See: list of territories )

See Ottoman Greece.

See the article on state organisation of the Ottoman Empire for further information on the sultan and the structure of power.

In that context, the Syriac Catholic Patriarchal See was therefore moved to Beirut, to which many Ottoman Christians had fled from massacres.

See also: History of Ottoman Egypt.

See Ankara for the history of this region which has seen the passing of numerous great civilisations including Phrygians, Lydians, Persians and Alexander the Great, Galatians ; the city of Ankara becoming a fortified stronghold of the Byzantines ; and then falling to the Seljuk Turks, and later the Ottoman Empire ; and finally being chosen by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as the site of Turkish parliament in 1920 and subsequently in 1923 as the capital city of the Republic of Turkey.

Here his chief aim was to liberate from Ottoman domination and bring under the influence of Russia the Christian nationalities in general and the Bulgarians in particular ( See also Bulgarian Exarchate and Constantinople Conference ).

: See muqata ' ah for the Ottoman instrument for financing state expenses.

They tended to build their houses in the Phanar quarter in order to be close to the court of the Patriarch, who under the Ottoman millet system was recognized as both the spiritual and secular head ( millet-bashi ) of all the Orthodox subjects ( the Rum Millet, or the “ Roman nation ”) of the Empire ( except those Orthodox under the spiritual care of the Patriarchs of Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria and Peć ), often acting as archontes of the Ecumenical See ; thus they came to dominate the administration of the Patriarchate frequently intervening in the selection of hierarchs, including the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.

: See also:: Category: Ottoman poets

Ottoman territories acquired between 1481 and 1683 ( List of Ottoman Empire dominated territories | See: list of territories )

: See also History of Ottoman Egypt

In 1439, in the reign of Zara Yaqob, a religious discussion between Abba Giorgis and a French visitor had led to the dispatch of an embassy from Ethiopia to the Vatican ; but the initiative in the Catholic missions to Ethiopia was taken, not by the Holy See, but by the church in Portugal, as an incident in the struggle with the Muslim Ottoman Empire and Sultanate of Adal for the command of the trade route to India by the Red Sea.

See Samosata for the ancient history of the town, which remained a regional centre in the Ottoman period.

The Ottoman Empire was a religious empire in which each religious community enjoyed a large degree of autonomy ( See Millet ).

See also " Minotaur and The Bull of Crete " ( below ) for a later incarnation to the Minoan Bull.

; See also: Crete ( French Post Offices );

; See also: Crete ( Foreign Post Offices )

* 1770 – The Orlov Revolt, an attempt to revolt against the Ottoman Empire before the Greek War of Independence, ends in disaster for the Greeks.

The first great uprising was the Russian-sponsored Orlov Revolt of the 1770s, which was crushed by the Ottomans after having limited success.

The commercial importance of the town continued until the Orlov Revolt ( 1770 ) in the Russo-Turkish War, which saw its importance decline severely.

Armed bands of the klephts emerged, undeterred by the brutal repression of the Orlov Revolt.

The Orlov Revolt ( 1770 ) was a precursor to the Greek War of Independence ( 1821 ), which saw a Greek uprising in the Peloponnese at the instigation of Count Orlov, commander of the Russian Naval Forces of the Russo-Turkish War.

A major uprising during that period was the Orlov Revolt ( Greek: Ορλωφικά ) which took place during the Russo-Turkish War ( 1768 – 1774 ) and triggered armed unrest in both the Greek mainland and the islands.

His father, Constantine Kolokotronis, took part in an armed rebellion, the Orlov Revolt, instigated by the administration of Catherine the Great of Russia.

It was a part of the Orlov Revolt of 1769, a precursor to the later Greek War of Independence ( 1821 – 29 ), and the first of a number of disastrous fleet battles for the Ottomans against Russia.

After the Orlov Revolt of 1770 in the Peloponnese ( which was provoked by the Orlov brothers with the support of Catherine II of the Russian Empire ), Cosmas started to preach in what is now Southern Albania, then under the rule of Ahmet Kurt Pasha, governor of the Pashalik of Berat.

The village played a crucial role during the Orlov Revolt and the Greek War of Independence.

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During the Orlov Revolt in 1770 the fleet of Missolonghi was defeated and the town passed to the Ottomans.

In 1770 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the fleet sent against the Turks, whose far superior navy he annihilated at Chesme, a victory which led to the so-called Orlov Revolt and conquest of the Greek archipelago.

* Orlov Revolt

His grandfather Georgos and his father Pierros were among the leaders of the Orlov Revolt.

His grandfather Georgakis Mavromichalis and his father Pierros " Mavromichalis " Pierrakos were among the leaders of the Orlov Revolt.

After initial success, the Orlov Revolt ended in failure.

* Orlov Revolt ( 1770 )

Since the 1770s the Russian Empire tried to inspire a rebellion in Greece ( see Orlov Revolt ).

During the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774, Spiridov was in charge of a squadron, which would be sent from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean to assist the Greeks in their struggle against the Turks in the summer of 1769 ( see Orlov Revolt and Archipelago expeditions of the Russian Navy ).