Konur Alp, Konuralp or Konuralp Bey ( ota, قونور آلپ; d. 1328) was one of the warriors of

Osman I Osman I or Osman Ghazi ( ota, عثمان غازى, translit= ʿOsmān Ġāzī; tr, I. Osman or ''Osman Gazi''; died 1323/4), sometimes transliterated archaically as Othman, was the founder of the Ottoman Empire (first known as the Ottoman Bey ...

and

Orhan Orhan Ghazi ( ota, اورخان غازی; tr, Orhan Gazi, also spelled Orkhan, 1281 – March 1362) was the second bey of the Ottoman Beylik from 1323/4 to 1362. He was born in Söğüt, as the son of Osman I. In the early stages of his re ...

.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 The Ottoman Empire developed over the years as a despotism with the Sultan as the supreme ruler of a centralized government that had an effective control of its provinces, officials and inhabitants. Wealth and rank could be inherited but were j ...

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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

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. Konur Alp conquered

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, and Melen Basin. According to Ashikpashazade, he took Aydos Castle with the help of Gazi Abdurrahman on the orders of Orhan. In 1321,

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was captured on the

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, which was the port of

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then sent a column under Konur Alp towards Western Black Sea coast, prior to taking Bursa. In 1323, the city of

Prusias ad Hypium Prusias ad Hypium ( grc, Προῦσα πρὸς τῷ Ὑππίῳ ποταμῷ) was a city in ancient Bithynia, and afterwards in the late Roman province of Honorias. In the 4th century it became a bishopric that was a suffragan of Claudiopol ...

was conquered from the

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by Osman Gazi (r. c. 1299–1323/4). Osman Ghazi handed over the city's control to his commander Konur Alp.Hürriyet
"Batı Karadeniz'in Efes'i: Prusias ad Hypium Antik Kenti"
18 August 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2020. In 1326, he played vital role in the conquest of Bursa. Ertuğrul Gazi Türbesi'nin bahçesi

Konur died in 1328 and is believed to have been buried in

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. After Konur Alp's death, the places under his administration were combined and given to

Murad I Murad I ( ota, مراد اول; tr, I. Murad, Murad-ı Hüdavendigâr (nicknamed ''Hüdavendigâr'', from fa, خداوندگار, translit=Khodāvandgār, lit=the devotee of God – meaning "sovereign" in this context); 29 June 1326 – 15 Jun ...

In fiction

Konur Alp was portrayed in the Turkish TV series ''Kuruluş Osman'' by Turkish actor Berk Erçer.

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