Ottoman Empire

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The Ottoman Empire was a vast, multiethnic Islamic empire that dominated much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa from the late 13th century until its dissolution after World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic state
empire
former country
sultanate
administrativeSystem millet system
alliance Central Powers
alsoKnownAs Ottoman Empire
surface form: Devlet-i ʿAlīyye-i ʿOsmānīyye

Ottoman Empire
surface form: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu

Ottoman Empire
surface form: Ottoman State
capital Bursa
Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople

Edirne
Istanbul
captured Istanbul
surface form: Constantinople
capturedEvent Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD
surface form: Fall of Constantinople
capturedYear 1453
claimedTitle Caliph of all Muslims
coatOfArms Ottoman coat of arms
continent Africa
Asia
Europe
currency Ottoman lira
akçe
kurus
dissolved 1 November 1922
dominantIn North Africa
Balkans
surface form: Southeast Europe

Middle East
surface form: Western Asia
endTime 1922
ethnicComposition multiethnic
firstRuler Osman I
flag red flag with white crescent and star
foundedBy Osman I
governmentForm absolute monarchy
theocratic monarchy
headOfStateTitle Caliph
Sultan
historicalRegion Asia Minor
surface form: Anatolia

Balkans
Eastern Mediterranean
surface form: Levant

North Africa
surface form: Maghreb

Mesopotamia
importantCity Baghdad
Belgrade
Cairo
Damascus
Salonika
Sarajevo
Smyrna
importantPort Alexandria
Algiers
Tripoli
Tunis
lastSultan Mehmed VI
legalSystem Kanun
Sharia
legislature Ottoman Parliament
majorWar Balkan Wars
Battle of Lepanto
Crimean War
Fall of Constantinople
Great Turkish War
Long Turkish War
Russo-Turkish Wars
World War I
memberOf Dar al-Islam
militaryUnit Janissaries
namedAfter Osman I
navalPower Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
notableReform Tanzimat
Young Turk Revolution
notableRuler Bayezid I
Mehmed II
Murad I
Orhan
Selim I
Suleiman the Magnificent
officialLanguage Ottoman Turkish
partOf Islamic world
peakTerritorialExtent 16th century
precededBy Byzantine Empire
surface form: Byzantine Empire (in Anatolia and Balkans)

Seljuk Sultanate of Rum
religion Sunni Islam
religiousComposition multireligious
rulingDynasty Ottoman dynasty
startTime 1299
late 13th century
successor Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kingdom of Jordan
surface form: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

Bulgaria
surface form: Kingdom of Bulgaria

Kingdom of Greece
Iraq
surface form: Kingdom of Iraq

Romania
surface form: Kingdom of Romania

Saudi Arabia
surface form: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Serbia
surface form: Kingdom of Serbia

Lebanon
Libya
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Albania
surface form: Republic of Albania

Cyprus
surface form: Republic of Cyprus

Egypt
surface form: Republic of Egypt

Turkey
surface form: Republic of Turkey

Israel
surface form: State of Israel

Syria
surface form: Syrian Arab Republic

Referenced by (569)

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Crimea CrimeanWarBelligerent Ottoman Empire
Maxim machine gun adoptedBy Ottoman Empire
Islamic crescent adoptedProminentlyBy Ottoman Empire
Rustem Pasha Mosque affiliation Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: Ottoman sultanate
Muhammad Ali Pasha allegiance Ottoman Empire
Zaganos Pasha allegiance Ottoman Empire
İsmet İnönü allegiance Ottoman Empire
Central Powers allianceWith Ottoman Empire
Crimean Khanate alliedWith Ottoman Empire
Giray alliedWith Ottoman Empire
Nogai Horde alliedWith Ottoman Empire
Sidney Smith ally Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire alsoKnownAs Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: Ottoman State
Ottoman Empire alsoKnownAs Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: Devlet-i ʿAlīyye-i ʿOsmānīyye
Ottoman Empire alsoKnownAs Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu
Oghuz ancestorOfDynasty Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: Ottomans
Hovevei Zion appliedForPermissionFrom Ottoman Empire
Dar al-Islam appliesTo Ottoman Empire
Sykes–Picot Agreement appliesTo Ottoman Empire
Bulgarian schism appliesToJurisdiction Ottoman Empire
Ottoman sultan appliesToJurisdiction Ottoman Empire
Tanzimat appliesToJurisdiction Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: Ottoman
al-Mutawakkil III associatedWithEntity Ottoman Empire
Nastaʿlīq associatedWithRegion Ottoman Empire
Siege of Constantinople 1422 attacker Ottoman Empire
Battle of Abukir (1799) belligerent Ottoman Empire
Battle of Alma belligerent Ottoman Empire
Battle of Balaclava belligerent Ottoman Empire
Battle of Belgrade (1717) belligerent Ottoman Empire
Battle of Ctesiphon (1915) belligerent Ottoman Empire
Battle of Gallipoli belligerent Ottoman Empire
Battle of Lepanto belligerent Ottoman Empire
Battle of Petrovaradin belligerent Ottoman Empire
Battle of Qurna (1914) belligerent Ottoman Empire
Battle of Sinop belligerent Ottoman Empire
Battle of Vienna belligerent Ottoman Empire
Battle of Zenta belligerent Ottoman Empire
Battle of the Chernaya belligerent Ottoman Empire
Byzantine–Ottoman wars belligerent Ottoman Empire
Capture of Baghdad (1917) belligerent Ottoman Empire
Caucasus campaign belligerent Ottoman Empire
Danube campaign belligerent Ottoman Empire
Balkan Wars belligerent Ottoman Empire
subject surface form: First Balkan War
French campaign in Syria belligerent Ottoman Empire
Gallipoli Peninsula belligerent Ottoman Empire