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Osman I (ōsmän`) or Othman I (ōthmän`), 1259–1326, leader of the Ottoman Turks Turks, term applied in its wider meaning to the Turkic-speaking peoples of Turkey, Russia, Central Asia, Xinjiang in China (Chinese Turkistan), Azerbaijan and the Caucasus, Iran, and Afghanistan.
..... Click the link for more information. and founder of the dynasty that established and ruled the Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire (ŏt`əmən), vast state founded in the late 13th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . The Osmanli or Ottoman Turks derive their name from Osman. He proclaimed (1290) his independence from his overlord, the Seljuk Turks, upon the collapse of their empire. Aided by an influx of Muslim warriors, he expanded his state in NW Asia Minor at the expense of the petty Christian lords who were his neighbors. He nevertheless inaugurated a policy of religious tolerance. Just before his death in 1326, his son and successor, Orkhan Orkhan (ôr-khän`), 1288?–1362?, Ottoman sultan (1326–1362?), son and successor of Osman I as leader of the Ottoman
..... Click the link for more information. , took the city of Bursa from the Byzantines.

Osman I, Othman I

1259--1326, Turkish sultan; founder of the Ottoman Empire

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