Islamic History and Culture

Osman I, or Osman bey, was the leader of the Ottoman Turks. He was the founder of the Ottoman dynasty that established the Ottoman State. The Ottoman Empire is named after him. Ottoman is European for Osman.
Zahir ud din Babar calimed that he was a direct descendant of Timur through his father and a descendant of Genghis Khan through his mother. Babar would later in 1526 establish the Mughal Dynasty of Indian Subcontinent.

Imam Muhammad al-Bukhari was a Muhaddith. He authored the hadith collection known as Sahih al-Bukhari, which is regarded by Sunnis as the most authentic of all hadith compiled. Al-Adad al-Mufrad is also a book written by Imam Bukhari it is a collection of hadith on ethics and manners. His student Muslim ibn al Hajjaj compiled the Sahih Muslim book of hadith, which is considered second only to Sahih Bukhari. Imam Bukhari was born in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. In his later years he moved to a village near Samarkand where he died.

The battle of Granada was fought in late 1491 to January 1492. It was a siege of the city of Granada. The Christians were victorious and the city surrendered.