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5 days ago · The Ottoman Empire was founded in the early 14th century by Osman I, a tribal leader in western Anatolia. Through a combination of military conquests and shrewd diplomacy, Osman and his successors rapidly expanded their domain. The Middle East was a prime target for Ottoman expansion.
3 days ago · The Ottoman Empire conquered Egypt, hanging the last Mamluk Sultan in Cairo. It was not until 1538 that the Ottomans decided to conquer Yemen. The Zaydi Highland tribes emerged as national heroes [108] by offering a stiff, vigorous resistance to the Turkish occupation.
2 days ago · Mehmed's thirty-year rule and numerous wars expanded the Ottoman Empire to include Constantinople, the Turkish kingdoms and territories of Asia Minor, Bosnia, Serbia, and Albania. Mehmed left behind an imposing reputation in both the Islamic and Christian worlds.
2 days ago · 'War of '93', named for the year 1293 in the Islamic calendar; Russian: Русско-турецкая война, romanized: Russko-turetskaya voyna, "Russian–Turkish war") was a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and a coalition led by the Russian Empire which included Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, and Montenegro.
5 days ago · Abdülmecid II (born May 30, 1868, Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]—died August 23, 1944, Paris, France) was the last caliph and crown prince of the Ottoman dynasty of Turkey.
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2 days ago · The Ottoman Empire emerged from the remnants of the Seljuk Turks, a powerful dynasty that ruled over much of Anatolia in the 11th and 12th centuries. In the early 14th century, Osman I, a tribal leader from the Kayi tribe, established a small principality in northwestern Anatolia. This principality would become the foundation of the Ottoman Empire.
2 days ago · The last century and a half of Ottoman history was marked by forced displacement into the empire on a huge scale. Between the Russian conquest of the Crimea in 1783 and the second Balkan war in 1913, five to seven million Muslims entered the Ottoman domains.
