Osman I
Eponymous founder of the Ottoman Empire, died 1323/4.
Osman I was the founder of the Ottoman Empire, which began as a small beylik during his lifetime.[1][2] Very little factual information about Osman has survived due to the scarcity of sources from his era.[3]
Quick Facts
- Reign
- c. 1299 – 1323/4
- Successor
- Orhan
- Spouse
- Rabia Bala Hatun; Malhun Hatun
- Issue
- Orhan Ghazi; Alaeddin Ali Pasha
- Full name
- عثمان بن ارطغرل; Osman bin Ertuğrul
- House
- Ottoman dynasty
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He was raised in traditional nomadic Turkic ways, learning wrestling, swordsmanship, horse riding, archery, and falconry.[4] Osman controlled the region around Söğüt and launched raids against the neighboring Byzantine Empire.[5] Osman married the daughter of Sheikh Edebali, a local religious leader of dervishes.[6] The dream became an important foundational myth for the empire, imbuing the House of Osman with God-given authority.[7]
Osman's earliest known action was his victory over a Byzantine army sent against him at the Battle of Bapheus, which took place in either 1301 or 1302.[5] According to Ottoman tradition, Osman died right after Bursa was captured, but some researchers suggest his death occurred in 1324.[8]
What the cited sources add
According to the same source, Ibn Battuta gives Osman's name as Osmancuk.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "Osman I" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kermeli, "Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire", 2009, p. 444; Kafadar, "Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State", 1995, p. 16 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Osman I" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Osman I", 2023 }} Osman I, also called Osman Gazi, (born c. 1258{{snd; The Ottoman Empire, 1700–1999, Donald Quataert, p. 4, 2005 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Osman I" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kafadar, "Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State", 1995, p. xii; Kafadar, "Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State", 1995, p. 93; Finkel, "Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1923", Basic Books, 2005, p. 6; Imber, "The Ottoman Emirate (1300–1389)", Crete University Press, 1991, p. 75 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Osman I" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sakaoğlu, "Yaşamları ve Yapıtlarıyla Osmanlılar Ansiklopedisi, C.2", Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat Yayıncılık, 1999, p. 392–395 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Osman I" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Kafadar, "Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State", Palgrave Macmillan, 1995, p. 129 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Osman I" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Imber, "The Ottoman Dynastic Myth", Turcica, 1987, p. 445 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Osman I" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Finkel, "Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300–1923", Basic Books, 2006, p. 2; Kafadar, "Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State", 1995, p. 132–133 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Osman I" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Osman I", 18 May 2023 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/osman-i. facts only, no text reused. islamansiklopedisi.org.tr
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