The Mehter (Ottoman military band)

فرقة المهتر

The Ottoman military band — the world's oldest organised military music, which inspired Mozart and Beethoven and still performs in Istanbul.

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In time

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

Music and its permissibility

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نبذة

المهتر فرقة الموسيقى العسكرية العثمانية التاريخية، أقدم فرقة عسكرية معروفة في العالم؛ كانت تعزف أمام الجيوش وتثير الحماس، ويُعاد إحياؤها اليوم في إسطنبول ضمن المراسم التراثية. 1

People and things also explored

Fez Festival of World Sacred Music· Şeb-i Arus· Urs of Ajmer Sharif· Junoon· Native Deen· Raihan· The Sabri Brothers· Abida Parveen

Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “The Mehter (Ottoman military band)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/group/mehter-band/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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Fez Festival of World Sacred Music

Fez's annual festival convening Sufi chant, qawwali and nasheed alongside the sacred music of other faiths; since 1994.