Ottoman Empire

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Islamic state empire former country sultanate

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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Observed surface forms (24)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ottoman period	10
Ottoman	6
Ottoman Empire (historically)	2
Ottoman Turks	2
Ottoman rule	2
late Ottoman Empire	2
Devlet-i ʿAlīyye-i ʿOsmānīyye	1
Osmanlı İmparatorluğu	1
Ottoman Beylik	1
Ottoman Caliphate	1
Ottoman Egypt	1
Ottoman Empire (historical)	1
Ottoman Empire (suzerainty over Barbary States)	1
Ottoman Empire in Europe	1
Ottoman Empire, 1360s–1453	1
Ottoman Greece	1
Ottoman State	1
Ottoman Syria	1
Ottoman imperial system	1
Ottoman sultanate	1
Ottoman territories	1
Ottomans	1
Turkey (Ottoman Empire)	1
the Ottoman Empire	1

Statements (107)

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)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mostar → wasPartOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Mount Lebanon → wasPartOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Salonika → wasPartOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Samothrace → wasPartOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Tarabulus al-Gharb → wasPartOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Tripoli → wasPartOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Varna → wasPartOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Cyrenaica → wasProvinceOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Tripolitania → wasProvinceOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Dodecanese → wasRuledBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Kavala → wasRuledBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Lesbos → wasRuledBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

island of Rhodes → wasRuledBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Rhodes

Jenin → wasUnderRuleOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Peć → wasUnderRuleOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Preveza → wasUnderRuleOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Crimea → wasVassalOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Treaty of San Stefano → weakenedPositionOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman Empire in Europe

Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin → workLocation → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin