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
An Ottoman miniature depicting Osman, c. 1580
Uch Bey of the Sultanate of Rum
Reignc. 1280c. 1299
PredecessorErtuğrul
SuccessorOffice disestablished
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Reignc. 1299 – 1323/4
PredecessorOffice established
SuccessorOrhan
BornUnknown
Died1323/4[1] (age 68–70)
Bursa, Ottoman Beylik
Burial
Tomb of Osman Gazi, Osmangazi, Bursa Province, Turkey
SpouseMalhun Hatun
Rabia Bala Hatun
IssueOrhan I
Alaeddin Pasha
Others
Full name
Osman bin Ertuğrul bin Gündüz Alp[2]
عثمان بن ارطغرل بن گندز الپ
OR
Osman bin Ertuğrul bin Suleyman Shah
عثمان بن ارطغرل بن سلیمان شاہ
DynastyOttoman dynasty
FatherErtuğrul
MotherUnknown[3]
ReligionSunni Islam
  1. Sometimes transliterated archaically as Othman.

References

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  1. 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)...
  2. Akgündüz, Ahmed; Öztürk, Said (2011). Ottoman History – Misperceptions and Truths. IUR Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-90-90-26108-9. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  3. Lowry, Heath W. (2003). The Nature of the Early Ottoman State. Albany: SUNY Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-7914-8726-6.
  4. 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.
  5. "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.
  6. The Ottoman Empire, 1700–1999, Donald Quataert, page 4, 2005