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Turgut Alp
Turgut Alp ( ota, طورغود آلپ) was one of the warriors and alps who fought for Ertuğrul, a Turkic leader and bey, and Ertuğrul's son Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire. After the establishment of the Empire, he became one of its military commanders, serving Osman I, as well as his son, Orhan Gazi. Life During the early Ottoman Conquests in the reign of Osman I, Turgut Alp was sent to ''Angelacoma'' (present-day İnegöl) and he conquered the area. This area consisting some villages, was given to him by Osman I and his territory was called ''Turgut-ili (Province of Turgut)''. During the Siege of Bursa, Turgut Alp, along with Osman's warrior Mihal Gazi, participated in the conquest of ''Atranos'' Castle (later known as Orhaneli) in 1325, which played a key role in leading to the Ottoman conquest of Bursa during the reign of Sultan Orhan. He was also with Orhan during the conquest of Bursa (1326). Burial place His tomb is located in the cemetery of Turguta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Köse Mihal
Köse Mihal ( ota, كوسه ميخال) ( Turkish for "Michael the Beardless"; 13th century – 1340) accompanied Osman I in his ascent to power as a bey and founder of the Ottoman Empire. He is considered to be the first significant Byzantine renegade and convert to Islam to enter Ottoman service. (see Nöker) He was also known as Gazi Mihal ( ota, غازى ميخال) and Abdullah Mihal Gazi. He ruled over Harmankaya Kalesi ( ota, خرمن قيا قلعه سى). Life Köse Mihal was the Byzantine governor of ''Chirmenkia'' (''Harmankaya'', today '' Harmanköy'') and was ethnically Greek. His original name was "Michael Kosses".Majoros Ferenc u. Bernd Rill:''The Ottoman Empire 1300–1922'', Wiesbaden 2004, p. 96 The castle of Harmankaya was in the foothills of the Uludağ Mountains in Bilecik, Turkey. Mihal also eventually gained control of Lefke, Mekece and Akhisar. Even before his conversion to Islam, Mihal had an amicable relationship with the OTTOMAN leader , Osman Gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th-century People From The Ottoman Empire
As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was a century lasting from 1 January 1301 ( MCCCI), to 31 December 1400 ( MCD). It is estimated that the century witnessed the death of more than 45 million lives from political and natural disasters in both Europe and the Mongol Empire. West Africa experienced economic growth and prosperity. In Europe, the Black Death claimed 25 million lives wiping out one third of the European population while the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of France fought in the protracted Hundred Years' War after the death of Charles IV, King of France led to a claim to the French throne by Edward III, King of England. This period is considered the height of chivalry and marks the beginning of strong separate identities for both England and France as well as the foundation of the Italian Renaissance and Ottoman Empire. In Asia, Tamerlane (Timur), established the Timurid Empire, history's third largest empire to have been ever establish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13th-century People From The Ottoman Empire
The 13th century was the century which lasted from January 1, 1201 ( MCCI) through December 31, 1300 ( MCCC) in accordance with the Julian calendar. The Mongol Empire was founded by Genghis Khan, which stretched from Eastern Asia to Eastern Europe. The conquests of Hulagu Khan and other Mongol invasions changed the course of the Muslim world, most notably the Siege of Baghdad (1258), the destruction of the House of Wisdom and the weakening of the Mamluks and Rums which, according to historians, caused the decline of the Islamic Golden Age. Other Muslim powers such as the Mali Empire and Delhi Sultanate conquered large parts of West Africa and the Indian subcontinent, while Buddhism witnessed a decline through the conquest led by Bakhtiyar Khilji. The Southern Song dynasty would begin the century as a prosperous kingdom but would eventually be invaded and annexed into the Yuan dynasty of the Mongols. The Kamakura Shogunate of Japan would be invaded by the Mongols. Goryeo resisted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdurrahman Gazi
Abdurrahman Gazi was a warrior of Ertuğrul. He also had a military career with Osman I and with his son Orhan Gazi. He was one of the early commanders of the Ottoman Empire, along with the likes of Turgut Alp and Konur Alp. He was the conqueror of (located in Sultanbeyli District of Istanbul) which he conquered in 1328. He is famous for this conquest with a story of a Byzantine girl. Life Abdurrahman Gazi is believed to have been born near the end of the 12th century, but his place of birth is unknown. He is believed to have been a prominent warrior in the periods of Ertuğrul Gazi, Osman Gazi and Orhan Gazi. While , and Konur Alp, along with other military figures of the Ottoman beylik, were busy with attacks on Akyazı, İznik and İzmit respectively, Abdurrahman Gazi organized raids to the fortresses on the Istanbul side. Until Bursa was conquered, he served as a fighter in the Ottoman-Byzantine border area. In 1328, Abdurrahman Gazi was sent by Orhan Gazi to besiege Ayd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Konur Alp
Konur Alp, Konuralp or Konuralp Bey ( ota, قونور آلپ; d. 1328) was one of the warriors of Osman I and Orhan.Karatay, Osman"The Turks: Ottomans (2 v.)—Snippet View" Çiçek, Kemal"The Great Ottoman-Turkish Civilisation: Politics Volume 1 (Snippet View)" , Konur Alp was among the early commanders who served in the establishment of the Ottoman State. Biography Since 1300, when Osman Ghazi started the struggle against the Byzantines, Konur Alp was also present along with his fellow soldiers such as Akça Koca, Samsa Çavuş, Aykut Alp, and Abdurrahman Gazi. Since Orhan Gazi took over the military administration while his father was still alive, he sent Konur Alp to take over the region towards the Black Sea. Konur Alp conquered Akyazı, Mudurnu, Sakarya, and Melen Basin. According to Ashikpashazade, he took Aydos Castle with the help of Gazi Abdurrahman on the orders of Orhan. In 1321, Mudanya was captured on the Sea of Marmara, which was the port of Bursa. Orhan then s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Siasat Daily
''The Siasat Daily'' is an Indian newspaper published by the Siasat Press based in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana. It operates the Hindi-Urdu and English language digital news website ''Siasat'' and is the publisher of the ''Siasat English Weekly'' magazine and the ''Siasat Urdu Daily'' newspaper whose editions are also available as electronic papers. The editions of the paper were formerly published by the Intekhab Press. The Intekhab Press continues to publish editions of the ''Siasat Urdu Daily''. The publication has an advertising partnership with ''The Hindu'', ''Eenadu'' and ''Daily Hindi Milap.'' It also operates the website dedicated to the writings of satirist Mujtaba Hussain, who was a former columnist at ''The Siasat Daily''. History Following the annexation of Hyderabad by the Republic of India, ''The Siasat Daily'' was founded as an Urdu language newspaper by Jigar Saheb and Abid Ali Khan on 15 August 1949. The founders are described to have been Indian nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osman
Osman is the Persian transliteration and derived from the Arabic masculine given name Uthman ( ar, عُثْمان, , link=no ''‘uthmān'') or an English surname. It may refer to: People * Osman (name), people with the name * Osman I (1258–1326), founder of the Ottoman Empire * Osman II (1604–1622), Ottoman sultan * Osman III (1699–1757), Ottoman sultan * Osman I of the Maldives, the Sultan of the Maldives in 1377 * Osman II of the Maldives, the Sultan of Maldives from 1420 to 1421 * Osman Ali Khan, 7th Nizam (ruler) of Kingdom of Hyderabad Places * Osmanabad, a district of Maharashtra, India * Osmannagar (alternative name for Sultanabad, Karimnagar), village located in Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh, India * Osman, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran * Osman, Kurdistan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran * Osman, Wisconsin, United States Fish * False osman (''Schizopygopsis stoliczkai'') * Naked osman (''Gymnodiptychus dybowskii'') * Scaly osman (''Dipt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ertuğrul
Ertuğrul or Ertuğrul Gazi ( ota, ارطغرل, Erṭoġrıl; tk, ; died ) was a 13th century bey, who was the father of Osman I. Little is known about Ertuğrul's life. According to Ottoman tradition, he was the son of Suleyman Shah, the leader of the Kayı tribe (a claim which has come under criticism from many historians) of the Oghuz Turks, who fled from western Central Asia to Anatolia to escape the Mongol conquests, but he may instead have been the son of Gündüz Alp. According to this legend, after the death of his father, Ertuğrul and his followers entered the service of the Sultanate of Rum, for which he was rewarded with dominion over the town of Söğüt on the frontier with the Byzantine Empire. This set off the chain of events that would ultimately lead to the founding of the Ottoman Empire. Biography Nothing is known with certainty about Ertuğrul's life, other than that he was the father of Osman; historians are thus forced to rely upon stories written abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
