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Early Ottoman Beylik

Type Object Region Asia Time c. 1299–1354

The early Ottoman beylik was a Turkic-Islamic frontier polity on the northwestern edge of Anatolia in the late 13th to mid-14th century, usually date…

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  1. c. 1299–1301Söğüt–Yenişehir · BithyniaOsman I broke away from the suzerainty of the Sultanate of Rum and established an independent beylik around Söğüt and Yenişehir, integrating Uç (frontier) Turkic tribes and ghazi networks.
  2. 1301–1306Bithynia · BithyniaAfter defeating a Byzantine relief army at the Battle of Pelekanon in 1302, the beylik advanced toward Bursa and Nicomedia, absorbing local Christian vassals and town tribute, and expanding its effective control.
  3. 1307–1310Sea of Marmara coast · MarmaraBy around 1310 the beylik had approached the Sea of Marmara and Bursa, encircling the remaining Byzantine strongholds in Bithynia and laying the groundwork for the capture of Bursa in 1326.
  4. c. 1326–1354Bursa · BithyniaAfter the fall of Bursa in 1326, the polity established more regular administration and Islamic institutions centered on cities; the landing across Gallipoli in 1354 marked the transition from the early beylik phase to transregional imperial expansion.

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