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The Ottoman dynasty, named after Osman I, ruled the Ottoman Empire from c. 1299 to 1922. During much of the Empire's history, the sultan was the absolute regent, head of state, and head of government, though much of the power often shifted to other officials such as the Grand Vizier .
Suleiman I 1494-1520-1566: Selim II ... Osman III 1699-1754-1757: ... Official website of the immediate living descendants of the Ottoman Dynasty This page was ...
The empire came into existence at the end of the 13th century, and its first ruler (and the namesake of the Empire) was Osman I. According to later, often unreliable Ottoman tradition, Osman was a descendant of the Kayı tribe of the Oghuz Turks. [2] The eponymous Ottoman dynasty he founded endured for six centuries through the reigns of 36 ...
Suleiman II 1642–1691 Sultan and Caliph r. 1687–1691: Ahmed II 1643–1695 Sultan and Caliph r. 1691–1695: Saliha Sultan: Mustafa II 1664–1703 Sultan and Caliph r. 1695–1703: Şehsuvar Sultan: Mihrişah Kadın [5] Ahmed III 1673–1736 Sultan and Caliph r. 1703–1730: Şermi Kadın [6] Mahmud I 1696–1754 Sultan and Caliph r. 1730 ...
Suleiman I besieges Közseg: 1534-6: Suleiman I leads the Two Iraqs campaign against the Safavids, annexing Baghdad. 1536: Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha was executed. 1537 Suleiman I besieges Korfu 1538: The Holy League navy is defeated in the Battle of Preveza. 1541: Conquest of Buda and establishment of Ottoman rule over Hungary. 1543 Suleiman I ...
Sultan (سلطان) is a word of Arabic origin, originally meaning "authority" or "dominion". By the beginning of the 16th century, the title of sultan, carried by both men and women of the Ottoman dynasty, was replacing other titles by which prominent members of the imperial family had been known (notably hatun for women and bey for men), with imperial women carrying the title of "Sultan ...
On 23 September 2009, Osman died at the age of 97 in Istanbul, and with his death the last of the line born under the Ottoman Empire was extinguished. In Turkey, Osman was known as "the last Ottoman". [101] Harun Osmanoğlu, the 3rd generation grandson of Abdul Hamid II, is the eldest living member of the former ruling dynasty.
In 1622 Sultan Osman II was overthrown in a Janissary uprising. His subsequent regicide was sanctioned by the empire's chief judicial official, demonstrating a reduced importance of the sultan in Ottoman politics. Nevertheless, the primacy of the Ottoman dynasty as a whole was never brought into question.