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Ottoman (furniture) An ottoman is a piece of furniture. [1] Generally, ottomans have neither backs nor arms. They may be an upholstered low couch or a smaller cushioned seat used as a table, stool or footstool. The seat may have hinges and a lid for the inside hollow, which can be used for storing linen, magazines, or other items, making it a ...
The Ottoman Empire [k] (/ ˈ ɒ t ə m ə n /), also called the Turkish Empire, [24] [25] was an imperial realm [l] that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.
e. The Ottoman dynasty (Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) consisted of the members of the imperial House of Osman (Ottoman Turkish: خاندان آل عثمان, romanized: Ḫānedān-ı Āl-i ʿO s mān), also known as the Ottomans (Turkish: Osmanlılar). According to Ottoman tradition, the family originated from the Kayı tribe [nb 1] branch of ...
Ottoman Turks, a Turkic ethnic group. Ottoman architecture. Ottoman bed, a type of storage bed. Ottoman (furniture), padded stool or footstool. Ottoman (textile), fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture.
History of Turkey. The Ottoman Empire was founded c. 1299 by Osman I as a small beylik in northwestern Asia Minor just south of the Byzantine capital Constantinople. In 1326, the Ottomans captured nearby Bursa, cutting off Asia Minor from Byzantine control.
The Ottoman Turks (Turkish: Osmanlı Türkleri) were a Turkic ethnic group native to Anatolia. Originally from Central Asia, they migrated to Anatolia in the 13th century and founded the Ottoman Empire, in which they remained socio-politically dominant for the entirety of the six centuries that it existed. Their descendants are the present-day ...
Osman I or Osman Ghazi (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان غازى, romanized: ʿO s mān Ġāzī; Turkish: I. Osman or Osman Gazi; died 1323/4) [1][3][a] was the eponymous founder of the Ottoman Empire (first known as a beylik or emirate). While initially a small Turkoman [5] principality during Osman's lifetime, his beylik transformed into a vast ...
Ottoman Arabia. Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman. The Ottoman era in the history of Arabia lasted from 1517 to 1918. The Ottoman degree of control over these lands varied over these four centuries, with the fluctuating strength or weakness of the Empire's central authority. [1][2]