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

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.

Sinai and Palestine campaign → opponent → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Thomas Palaiologos → opponent → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Venetian navy → opponent → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Philhellenes → opposed → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Filiki Eteria → opposedBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
French campaign in Syria → opposedBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Napoleon's Egyptian campaign → opposedBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Orlov Revolt → opposedBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
pan-Slavism → opposedBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Pan-Slavism
Mahdist Sudan → opposedTo → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate → overthrownBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Mamluk rulers of Egypt → overthrownBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Wallachia → paidTributeTo → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Crimean Khanate → partOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman imperial system
Danubian Principalities → partOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Erzurum, Turkey → partOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
subject surface form: Erzurum
this entity surface form: Ottoman Empire (historically)
Kut → partOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Empire (historical)
Ottoman Palestine → partOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Ottoman culture → partOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Sanjak of Batum → partOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Smyrna → partOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Thessaly → partOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Thrace → partOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Tiberias → partOf → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ottoman Empire (historically)
Berlin Conference → participant → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Italian Wars → participant → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Romanian Campaign → participant → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Bucharest (1913) → participant → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Treaty of Constantinople (1913) → party → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Turkish literature → period → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Armenian Genocide → perpetratedBy → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Assyrian genocide → perpetrator → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Yazidism → persecutedIn → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar → placeOfBirth → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Alexandros Mavrokordatos → placeOfBirth → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Bechor-Shalom Sheetrit → placeOfBirth → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Calouste Gulbenkian → placeOfBirth → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Halide Edib Adıvar → placeOfBirth → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Mehmed VI → placeOfBirth → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Moshe Cordovero → placeOfBirth → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Moshe Dayan → placeOfBirth → Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk → placeOfBirth → Ottoman Empire ⓘ