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

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Ottoman coat of arms country Ottoman Empire
Ottoman dynasty country Ottoman Empire
Ottoman lira country Ottoman Empire
Ottoman sultan country Ottoman Empire
Sanjak of Batum country Ottoman Empire
Siege of Constantinople 1422 country Ottoman Empire
Smyrna country Ottoman Empire
Sultan Abdülmecid I country Ottoman Empire
Sultan country Ottoman Empire
subject surface form: Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Tanzimat country Ottoman Empire
Young Turk Revolution country Ottoman Empire
Zaganos Pasha country Ottoman Empire
Battle of the Nile countryAtLocation Ottoman Empire
Armistice of Mudros countryAtTime Ottoman Empire
Battle of Qurna (1914) countryAtTime Ottoman Empire
Shulchan Aruch countryAtTimeOfWriting Ottoman Empire
Edessa countryDuringMiddleAges Ottoman Empire
Battle of Sinop countryInvolved Ottoman Empire
Battle of Zenta countryInvolved Ottoman Empire
Caucasus campaign countryInvolved Ottoman Empire
Danube campaign countryInvolved Ottoman Empire
First Barbary War countryInvolved Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: Ottoman Empire (suzerainty over Barbary States)
Italo-Turkish War countryInvolved Ottoman Empire
this entity surface form: Turkey (Ottoman Empire)
Battle of Belgrade (1717) countryLoser Ottoman Empire
Central Powers countryMember Ottoman Empire
Anjezë countryOfBirth Ottoman Empire
subject surface form: Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu
Arshile Gorky countryOfBirth Ottoman Empire
Elias Kazantzoglou countryOfBirth Ottoman Empire
subject surface form: Elia Kazan
Haj Amin al-Husseini countryOfBirth Ottoman Empire
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad countryOfBirth Ottoman Empire
Moshe Dayan countryOfBirth Ottoman Empire
Bayezid I countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
David Ben-Gurion countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
David Grün countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Eliyahu Sasson countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Enver Pasha countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire
Fuzuli countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Empire