Orhan

Type Figure Region Bithynia Time 1281–1362 Also known as Orhan、Orhan Gazi、Orhan Bey、奥尔汗·加齐

Orhan (1281–1362), eldest son of Osman I, effectively led the beylik's military expansion from 1301 to 1310, capturing Yenişehir in 1301 as a new bas…

Timeline

1301–1310Yenişehir · BithyniaIn 1301 Orhan led the capture of Yenişehir, making it the beylik's new administrative and military center, and over the following decade pressed Byzantine positions eastward and northward across the Bithynian plain. During this period he organized ghazi raids, besieged surrounding castles, and consolidated tribute and vassal relations with local Christian communities, accumulating strength and a logistical base for the sieges of Bursa in the 1320s.

Sources

Orhan — Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Orhan
The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power — Colin Imber (2002)