A £21M diamond sparks a High Court dispute between Qatari royals over ownership, valuation, and a contested sales agreement.

The North Carolina Museum of Art focuses on the complex relationship between the two maritime empires, in an exhibition that ...

The super-rich Al-Thani family are fighting over the 70 carat blue tinged gem, formerly owned by an Ottoman sultan and - ...

A 17th-century diamond worth up to £21 million is at the centre of a bitter High Court legal battle between two branches of a ...

From their home in Nabatieh’s historic city centre, Amina Bitar and her family have watched as homes and shops around them ...

A Qatari sheikh is fighting a widow and her sons for control of the Idol's Eye - thought to be the world's largest cut blue ...

The Süleymaniye Mosque is one of the best sights of Istanbul. The Blue Mosque might be one of the city’s most famous mosques, ...

The Lamp of Prince Sarghitmish is one of the rarest and most important examples of Islamic glass ever offered at auction. It ...

Hammams, once a central part of Ottoman social life, continue to draw visitors to Istanbul, where they blend traditional ...

For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, and while they mostly fell out of use with the advent of running ...

For centuries, hammams were central to Ottoman society, and while they fell out of use in Turkey with the advent of running ...