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Osman I

Type Figure Region Anatolia Time c. 1258–1324 Also known as Osman I、Osman Gazi、Osman Bey

Osman I was the founder and first bey of the Ottoman beylik, born around 1258 in northwestern Anatolia and dying in 1323 or 1324.…

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  1. c. 1258–1299Söğüt · BithyniaOsman was son of Ertuğrul and inherited the tribe around Söğüt, gradually integrating surrounding Turkic nomadic and settled forces to lay the groundwork for an independent beylik.
  2. c. 1299–1324Söğüt · AnatoliaAs an independent bey he ruled Söğüt and its surroundings, continually pressuring Byzantine frontier castles and expanding eastward and southward, making Ottoman a rising power in northwestern Anatolia.
  3. 1321–1324Bursa frontier · MarmaraIn the 1320s he continued besieging Byzantine strongholds such as Bursa, creating the conditions for his son Orhan to complete its capture; he himself died in 1323 or 1324.

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