Osman I
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Middle Ages
- Categories: Government and Politics, Royalty, Rulers, Nobility, Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Empires, Dynasties, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Ottoman Empire
- Curriculum: Medieval History/Middle Ages, Middle Eastern History
Article abstract: Under Osman’s patient and steady leadership, the influence and territorial extent of his principality were expanded until it arose as a regional power, which, as the Ottoman Empire, ultimately became one of the great powers of the early modern world.
Early Life
When Osman, the son of Ertugrul, was born in northwestern Anatolia at Sögüt in about 1258, much of the surrounding area was held by Turkish tribes which had moved into that region in the wake of widespread political upheaval. The Seljuk sultanate, which had displaced...
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