Osman is the
Persian and
Turkish transliteration and derived from the
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
masculine given name
Uthman
Uthman ibn Affan (17 June 656) was the third caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate, ruling from 644 until his assassination in 656. Uthman, a second cousin, son-in-law, and notable companion of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, played a major role ...
( ''‘uthmān'') or an English surname. Osman or Osmans may refer to:
People
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Osman (name), people with the name and surname
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Osman I
Osman I or Osman Ghazi (; or ''Osman Gazi''; died 1323/4) was the eponymous founder of the Ottoman Empire (first known as a bey, beylik or emirate). While initially a small Turkoman (ethnonym), Turkoman principality during Osman's lifetime, h ...
(1258–1326), founder of the Ottoman Empire
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Osman II
Osman II ( ''‘Osmān-i sānī''; ; 3 November 1604 – 20 May 1622), also known as Osman the Young (), was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 26 February 1618 until his regicide on 20 May 1622.
Early life
Osman II was born at Topkapı Pa ...
(1604–1622), Ottoman sultan
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Osman III (1699–1757), Ottoman sultan
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Osmans, another spelling of Ottomans
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Osman I of the Maldives, the Sultan of the Maldives in 1377
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Osman II of the Maldives, the Sultan of Maldives from 1420 to 1421
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Mir Osman Ali Khan, 7th and last Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad
Places
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Osmanabad, a district of Maharashtra, India
* Osmannagar (alternative name for
Sultanabad, Karimnagar), village located in Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Osman, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran
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Osman, Kurdistan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran
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Osman, Wisconsin, United States
Fish
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False osman
The false osman (''Schizopygopsis stolickai'') is an Asian cyprinid freshwater fish living in the highlands of Afghanistan, southwestern China, Iran, northern India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan and Tajikistan. Young individuals and small adults live in s ...
(''Schizopygopsis stoliczkai'')
* Naked osman (''
Gymnodiptychus dybowskii'')
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Scaly osman (''Diptychus maculatus'')
* Several species in the genus ''
Oreoleuciscus''
Other uses
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Osman (crater), a lunar crater
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''Osman'' (video game), an arcade game by Mitchell Corporation
* A fictional merchant in the role-playing game ''
Skies of Arcadia''
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Osman warning, issued by British police etc. to warn someone of a death threat
* , an epic poem by
Ivan Gundulić
See also
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Osmania (disambiguation)
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Osmania University
Osmania University is a collegiate university, collegiate Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, issued a ''firman'' calling f ...
, university in Hyderabad, India, named after founder Mir
Osman Ali Khan
Mir Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII (5 or 6 April 1886 – 24 February 1967) was the last Nizam (ruler) of Hyderabad State, the largest state in the erstwhile Indian Empire. He ascended the throne on 29 August 1911, at the age of 25 and rule ...
* ''Osmin'', the name of a Turkish character in Mozart's operas ''
Zaide
''Zaide'' (originally, ''Das Serail'') is an unfinished German-language opera, K. 344, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1780. Emperor Joseph II, in 1778, was in the process of setting up an opera company for the purpose of performing ...
'' and ''
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
' () (Köchel catalogue, K. 384; ''The Abduction from the Seraglio''; also known as ') is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's . The plot concer ...
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Osmond (disambiguation)
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Usman (disambiguation)
Usman may refer to:
People
*Usman (name), a name of Arabic origin
*Hadiza Bala Usman (born 1976), Nigerian activist and politician
*Kamaru Usman, a mixed martial artist in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
*Usman Janatin, an Indonesian marine exe ...
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