The Beginnings of the Ottoman Empire

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The Beginnigs of the Ottoman Empire
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Introduction
	Notes
1: The Homeland of the Ottomans
	The Sources
	Ottoman Prehistory (APZ cap. 2)
	The First Settlement (APZ cap. 2)
	The Summer Pastures
	First Battles and Conquests (APZ caps. 3, 5)
	“1286” First Victory (APZ cap. 5)
	“1286” (APZ cap. 5)
	Karacahisar, Sultanönü, and Conflict with Germiyan: “1288–1300”
	1292: Köse Mihal of Harmankaya and Raids Across the Sangarius (APZ cap. 10)
	“1288”: Marriages and Massacre: APZ 11–12
	“1299”: Osman Proclaims his Independence: APZ 14–15
	Osman’s Timars: APZ 16
	“1302”: Defeating a Coalition: APZ 17
	Bursa Blockaded: APZ 18
	“1304”: Conquest of Malagina: APZ 20
	Attacks to the North; First Threats to Nicaeaand Nicomedia; APZ 22
	“1326”: Bursa Surrenders: APZ 23
	Expeditions East and West: APZ 25–27
	Conquest of Izmit: APZ 30
	“1331”: Conquest and Settlement of Iznik: APZ 32–33
	Rounding off the Conquest of Bithynia: APZ 34
	Orhan Acquires Karesi: APZ 35–36
	Orhan Completes Acquisition of Karesi, Becomes Padishah: APZ 37
	How Reliable a Tradition?
	Notes
2: The View from Byzantium
	Notes
3: Reconciling the Accounts
	Notes
4: Non-Narrative Sources
	Coins
	Inscriptions and buildings
	Documents
	Notes
5: The Overlords
	Notes
6: Osman and his Neighbors
	Osman
	Germiyan
	Osman and Germiyan
	Kastamonu
	Four Minor States
	An Anomalous City
	Karesi
	Saruhan
	Aydın
	Menteşe
	The Mongols
	A Bright Future for Some
	APPENDIX
	The Date of the Death of Osman
	Notes
7: Western Asia Minor in the 1330s
	Menteşe
		Western
		Inscriptions
		Coins
	Aydın
		Western Sources
		Coins
		Inscriptions
		Umur Bey
	Philadelphia
	Saruhan
	Karesi
		Western
		Coins
	Germiyan
		Western
		Coins
	Ottoman
		Göynük Hisar
		Gerede
		Sultanönü
		“Qawiya”
		Kastamonu
	The Mongols
	The Turcoman Emirates
	Notes
8: The Aftermath
	The Turning Points
		Philadelphia
		Saruhan
		Karesi
		Germiyan
		Ottoman
		Kastamonu
		The Mongols
	Notes
9: Final Thoughts
	Notes
Bibliography
	Sources
	Secondary works
Index