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Osman is the Persian transliteration and derived from the Arabic masculine given name Uthman (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 the 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 (''Diptychus maculatus'')
* Several species in the genus ''Oreoleuciscus''

Other uses

* Osman (crater), a lunar crater
* Osman (film), ''Osman'' (film), a 2011 Turkish film
* Osman (video game), ''Osman'' (video game), an arcade game by Mitchell Corporation
* House of Osman, an Ottoman dynasty
* A fictional merchant in the role-playing game ''Skies of Arcadia''

See also

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* Osmania University, named after founder Mir Osman Ali Khan
* ''Osmin'', the name of a Turkish character in Mozart's operas ''Zaide'' and ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail''
* Osmond (disambiguation)
* Usman (disambiguation)

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