Osman I
Founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)
Osman I or Osman Gazi (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان غازى, romanized: ʿOsmān Ġāzī; Turkish: I. Osman or Osman Gazi; died 1323/4)[4][1][a] was the founder of the Ottoman Empire (first known as the Ottoman Beylik or Emirate). While initially a small Turkoman[5] principality during Osman's lifetime, his beylik transformed into a world empire in the centuries after his death.[6] It existed until shortly after the end of World War I.
Osman I | |||||
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Uch Bey of the Sultanate of Rum | |||||
Reign | c. 1280 – c. 1299 | ||||
Predecessor | Ertuğrul | ||||
Successor | Office disestablished | ||||
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire | |||||
Reign | c. 1299 – 1323/4 | ||||
Predecessor | Office established | ||||
Successor | Orhan | ||||
Born | Unknown | ||||
Died | 1323/4[1] (age 68–70) Bursa, Ottoman Beylik | ||||
Burial | Tomb of Osman Gazi, Osmangazi, Bursa Province, Turkey | ||||
Spouse | Malhun Hatun Rabia Bala Hatun | ||||
Issue | Orhan I Alaeddin Pasha Others | ||||
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Dynasty | Ottoman dynasty | ||||
Father | Ertuğrul | ||||
Mother | Unknown[3] | ||||
Religion | Sunni Islam |
Notes
change- ↑ Sometimes transliterated archaically as Othman.
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kafadar, Cemal (1995). Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State. p. 16.
By the time of Osman's death (1323 or 1324)...
- ↑ Akgündüz, Ahmed; Öztürk, Said (2011). Ottoman History – Misperceptions and Truths. IUR Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-90-90-26108-9. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
- ↑ Lowry, Heath W. (2003). The Nature of the Early Ottoman State. Albany: SUNY Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-7914-8726-6.
- ↑ Kermeli, Eugenia (2009). "Osman I". In Ágoston, Gábor; Masters, Bruce (eds.). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. p. 444.
Reliable information regarding Osman is scarce. His birth date is unknown and his symbolic significance as the father of the dynasty has encouraged the development of mythic tales regarding the ruler's life and origins; however, historians agree that before 1300, Osman was simply one among a number of Turkoman tribal leaders operating in the Sakarya region.
- ↑ "Osman I". Encyclopedia Britannica. 18 May 2023. Osman I, also called Osman Gazi, (born c. 1258—died 1324 or 1326), ruler of a Turkmen principality in northwestern Anatolia who is regarded as the founder of the Ottoman Turkish state.
- ↑ The Ottoman Empire, 1700–1999, Donald Quataert, page 4, 2005