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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Great Turkish War belligerent Ottoman Empire
Invasion of Serbia (1915) belligerent Ottoman Empire
Balkan Wars belligerent Ottoman Empire
subject surface form: Second Balkan War
Siege of Acre belligerent Ottoman Empire
Siege of Perekop (1736) belligerent Ottoman Empire
Sait Faik Abasıyanık birthCountry Ottoman Empire
Sultan al-Atrash birthCountry Ottoman Empire
Bayezid I birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Elia Kazan birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Enver Hoxha birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Enver Pasha birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Hormuzd Rassam birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Mehmed II birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Mehmet Akif Ersoy birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Mother Teresa birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Muhammad Ali Pasha birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Reşat Nuri Güntekin birthPlace Ottoman Empire
St. Nikodemos the Hagiorite birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Suleiman the Magnificent birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Tevfik Fikret birthPlace Ottoman Empire
İsmet İnönü birthPlace Ottoman Empire
Armenian Oblast borderedBy Ottoman Empire
Caucasus Military District borderedBy Ottoman Empire
Caucasus Oblast borderedBy Ottoman Empire
Caucasus Viceroyalty borderedBy Ottoman Empire
Kars Oblast borderedBy Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Croatia borderedBy Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti borderedBy Ottoman Empire
Kingdom of Serbia borderedBy Ottoman Empire
Principality of Guria borderedBy Ottoman Empire
Russian Empire borderedBy Ottoman Empire
Erivan Governorate borders Ottoman Empire
Selimiye Mosque builder Ottoman Empire
Jaffa Gate builtBy Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Parliament capitalOfCountry Ottoman Empire
Edirne capitalOfEmpireFrom Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: Ottoman Empire, 1360s–1453
Anjezë citizenship Ottoman Empire
subject surface form: Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu