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Most of Serbia is conquered. Murad I lost his life in this war. [ 1][ 2] Bayezid I accession to the throne. 1396. September 25. Battle of Nicopolis. Bulgaria was conquered. 1399. The Bursa great mosque was built by the Bayezid I. The first to be built by the Ottoman Darü'ş-şifa (worship and education center) Bayezid 1.
Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Empire, [ j] historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, [ 24][ 25] was an imperial realm [ k] centred in Anatolia 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 ...
Family tree. Ottoman Empire in 1683, at the height of its territorial expansion in Europe. The sultans of the Ottoman Empire ( Turkish: Osmanlı padişahları ), who were all members of the Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman), ruled over the transcontinental empire from its perceived inception in 1299 to its dissolution in 1922.
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.
Ottoman history. List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire. Valide sultan, the title for the mother of the ruling Sultan. List of mothers of the Ottoman sultans. Haseki sultan, the title for the wife or chief consort of the ruling Sultan. List of Ottoman imperial consorts. Line of succession to the former Ottoman throne.
The Ottoman Empire entered World War I (1914–1918) on the side of the Central Powers and was ultimately defeated. [47] The Ottomans successfully defended the Dardanelles strait during the Gallipoli campaign and achieved initial victories against British forces in the first two years of the Mesopotamian campaign , such as the Siege of Kut ...
List of Ottoman people is an incomplete list which refers to people who lived in the Ottoman Empire (1299–1922). Naturally, some people who lived in the Empire during its last years, also lived in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, or other countries previously ruled by the Ottoman state.
The demographics of the Ottoman Empire include population density, ethnicity, education level, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population . Lucy Mary Jane Garnett stated in the 1904 book Turkish Life in Town and Country, published in 1904, that "No country in the world, perhaps, contains a population so heterogeneous as that of ...