Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Mehmed I
Mehmed I (1379 – 26 May 1421), also known as Mehmed Çelebi ("the noble-born") or Kirişçi (from Greek "Kyritzeslord's son"), was the Ottoman Sultan from 1413 to 1421.
The fourth son of Sultan Bayezid I and Devlet Hatun, he fought with his brothers over control of the Ottoman realm in the Ottoman Interregnum (1402–1413).
Starting from the province of Rûm he managed to bring first Anatolia
and then the European territories (Rumelia)
under his control, reuniting the Ottoman state by 1413, and ruling it until his death in 1421.
Bayezid I
Bayezid I ((nicknamed Yıldırım (Ottoman Turkish: یلدیرم), "Lightning, Thunderbolt"); 1354 – 8 March 1403) was the Ottoman Sultan from 1389 to 1402.
He was the son of Murad I and Gülçiçek Hatun.
He built one of the largest armies in the known world at the time and unsuccessfully besieged Constantinople.
He adopted the title of Sultan-i Rûm, Rûm being an old Islamic name for the Roman Empire.
He decisively defeated the Crusaders at Nicopolis (in modern Bulgaria) in 1396, and was himself defeated and captured by Timur at the Battle of Ankara in 1402 and died in captivity in March 1403, triggering the Ottoman Interregnum.
Lala Mehmed Pasha
Lala Mehmed Pasha( died 28 November 1595) was an Ottoman military commander and grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire under the reign of Mehmed III.
Born in Gölmarmara in western Anatolia, he became a lala(" tutor") to the sultan Murad III and then to his son Mehmed III, hence his nickname.
After having married the daughter of Mehmed III's" daye"( wet nurse)
Halime Hatun, Mehmed Pasha rose to serve as grand vizier in 1595, the first year of Mehmed III's reign, although only for a matter of few days before he suddenly died.
His lineage continued for centuries, coming all the way to Huseyin Avni Pasha.
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The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
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Question: When did Mehmed I's father die?
Answer: 8 March 1403