Kayı tribe

E118331

The Kayı tribe was a prominent Oghuz Turkic clan traditionally regarded as the ancestral tribe of Osman I and the founding lineage of the Ottoman Empire.

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Label Occurrences
Kayı tribe canonical 5

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oghuz Turkic tribe
ethnic group
tribe
associatedWith Ertuğrul
Osman I
Söğüt
culture Turkic nomadic culture
disputedAs historical accuracy of direct link to Osman I
documentedIn Ottoman chronicles
surface form: Aşıkpaşazade’s history

Neşri’s Cihannüma
later Ottoman chronicles
economicActivity pastoral nomadism
ethnicGroupOf Turks
ethnogenesisOf early Ottoman Turks
hasClanSystem Oghuz tribal organization
hasMotto “Mighty and Solemn”
hasNameOrigin Oghuz Turkic language
hasNotableMember Ertuğrul
Osman I
Suleyman Shah
surface form: Süleyman Şah (traditional)
hasTamga IY-shaped tamga
historicalRegion Anatolia
Central Asia
language Oghuz Turkic language
surface form: Oghuz Turkic
legacy foundational myth of Ottoman state
symbol of Turkic heritage in Turkey
mentionedIn Book of Dede Korkut
surface form: Oghuzname tradition

medieval Oghuz genealogies
migratedTo Anatolia
Söğüt region
militaryRole frontier warriors (uç beyi) in Anatolia
nameMeaning “the one who has might and power” (traditional interpretation)
partOf Seljuk frontier communities in Anatolia
popularCulture depicted in Turkish historical TV series
religion Sunni Islam
Tengrism
surface form: Tengrism (historically)
representedBy IY tamga on Ottoman symbols (traditionally)
subgroupOf Oghuz
surface form: Bozok branch of Oghuz

Oghuz
surface form: Oghuz Turks
successor Ottoman Empire
Ottoman dynasty
symbol double-headed eagle
timePeriod medieval era
traditionalAncestorOf Osman I
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman dynasty
tribalEmblemUsedBy modern cultural and sports organizations in Turkey

Referenced by (5)

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Osman I tribalAffiliation Kayı tribe
Ertuğrul memberOf Kayı tribe
Halime Hatun associatedWith Kayı tribe
ʿUthmān I tribalAffiliation Kayı tribe
Söğüt associatedWithTribe Kayı tribe