Ottoman Turkish borrowed heavily from Persian and Arabic, so what if the Ottoman had adopted Persian as court and administrative language. Would it have any greater effect at all?
Skanderbeg is the Alexander? A bit early.More influence and words of Persian in the Balkans languages. Not more big effects. However... this might even give a boost on the whole Ancient Greece vs Persia idea in Europe with the Ottomans filling the role of the Persians.
This is like saying "English borrowed heavily from French and Latin, so what if the British had adopted French". It isn't going to happen because what defined the British after the Hundred Years War was "we're not French" and the French would be the enemy for 500 years. The Ottomans and the various Iranian dynasties are continuing an rivalry as old as Rome versus Persia. The Ottoman Empire just can't adopt Persia because Persia being the enemy is one of the defining identities of the Ottoman Empire.Ottoman Turkish borrowed heavily from Persian and Arabic, so what if the Ottoman had adopted Persian as court and administrative language. Would it have any greater effect at all?
The various Iranian dynasties were Turkic in their origins as well, I'm not sure there was any real ethnic conflict, it was mostly down to religion.This is like saying "English borrowed heavily from French and Latin, so what if the British had adopted French". It isn't going to happen because what defined the British after the Hundred Years War was "we're not French" and the French would be the enemy for 500 years. The Ottomans and the various Iranian dynasties are continuing an rivalry as old as Rome versus Persia. The Ottoman Empire just can't adopt Persia because Persia being the enemy is one of the defining identities of the Ottoman Empire.
Only two dynasties that were Turkic are the Afsharid dynasty (1736–1796) and Qajar dynasty (1789–1925) but both quickly became "Persianized", with the Safavids being partially composed of Turkish but also Kurdish (Kurds are Iranian). All other dynasties were of Tajik (an Iranian ethnic group), Pashtun (Iranian ethnic group), or Kurdish (Iranian-cousin, certainly not Turkish), or Persian itself (not to be confused with Iranian, there's a difference, not all Iranians are Persians).The various Iranian dynasties were Turkic in their origins as well, I'm not sure there was any real ethnic conflict, it was mostly down to religion.
I mean counting them together don't you end up with Turkic or semi-Turkic rule from 1500 to 1925?Only two dynasties that were Turkic are the Afsharid dynasty (1736–1796) and Qajar dynasty (1789–1925) but both quickly became "Persianized", with the Safavids being partially composed of Turkish but also Kurdish (Kurds are Iranian). All other dynasties were of Tajik (an Iranian ethnic group), Pashtun (Iranian ethnic group), or Kurdish (Iranian-cousin, certainly not Turkish), or Persian itself (not to be confused with Iranian, there's a difference, not all Iranians are Persians).