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.

Bursa → formerCapitalOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Tunisia → formerColonyOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Wallachia → foughtAgainst → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Osman I → founded → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman Beylik

Osman I → founded → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Sarajevo → founder → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Treaty of Berlin (1878) transfer of Batum to Russian Empire → fromCountry → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Armenia → genocidePerpetratorState → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Armenians → genocidePerpetratorState → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Ottoman architecture → geographicScope → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Cairo Citadel → governedBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Rhodes → governedBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Battle of Navarino in 1827 → hasBelligerent → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Navarino

Fall of Constantinople 1453 AD → hasBelligerent → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Islamic Caliphates → hasComponent → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman Caliphate

Late Byzantine period → hasConflictWith → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Orlov Revolt → hasCountry → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Red Castle Museum → hasExhibitsFromCulture → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman

Catholic Monarchy → hasForeignRival → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Skopje → hasHeritage → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman

Islamic world → hasHistoricEmpire → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Middle East and North Africa → hasHistoricalCivilization → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

İznik → hasHistoricalEra → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman period

Slavic cultural sphere → hasHistoricalInfluence → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Al-Khalil → hasHistoricalPeriod → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman period

Dodecanese → hasHistoricalPeriod → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman rule

Tverya → hasHistoricalPeriod → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman period

Jewish Quarter of the Old City → hasHistoricalPeriodOfSignificance → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman period

Palestinian → hasHistoricalRegion → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman Syria

Turkic world → hasHistoricalRoot → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Ottoman Parliament → hasJurisdictionOver → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

First Serbian Uprising → hasLocation → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Orlov Revolt → hasLocation → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Greek War of Independence → hasMainBelligerent → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Second Coalition → hasMember → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Battle of Navarino in 1827 → hasOpposingSide → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

subject surface form: Battle of Navarino

Italian War of 1542–1546 → hasParticipant → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Italo-Turkish War → hasParticipant → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Siege of Perekop (1736) → hasParticipant → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Treaty of Paris (1856) → hasSignatory → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Rustem Pasha Mosque → heritage → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Xoraxane Roma → historicalContext → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Rafah → historicalControl → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Holy Land → historicalControlBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Palestine → historicalControlBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Bolhrad, Odesa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union → historicalCountry → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Bosniaks → historicalEmpire → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Cyrenaica → historicalEra → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ottoman period

Homs → historicalEra → Ottoman Empire ⓘ

Ishak Pasha Palace → historicalEra → Ottoman Empire ⓘ