Outline of the Ottoman Empire

Outline of the Ottoman Empire
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Ottoman Empire:
Ottoman Empire – historical Muslim empire that lasted from c. 1299 to 1922. It was also known by its European contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey after the principal ethnic group. At its zenith from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries it controlled Southeast Europe, Southwest Asia and North Africa.
General history
Main periods
Rise of the Ottoman Empire
Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire
Transformation of the Ottoman Empire
Territorial evolution of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman ancien régime
Decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire
Defeat and dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
Partition
Subperiods
Ottoman Interregnum
Sultanate of Women
Köprülü era
Tulip period
Tanzimat era
1st Constitutional Era
2nd Constitutional Era
Historiography
Ottoman Decline Thesis
Ghaza thesis
Renegade thesis
Historiography of the fall of the Ottoman Empire
Structure of the Ottoman Empire
Economic history of the Ottoman Empire
State organization of the Ottoman Empire
Social structure in the Ottoman Empire
Culture of the Ottoman Empire
Science and technology in the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Turkish language
Demographics of the Ottoman Empire
Religion in the Ottoman Empire
Socioeconomics of the Ottoman enlargement era
Millet system
Ottoman Law
Porte
Tughra
Line of succession to the Ottoman throne
Military of the Ottoman Empire
Enderun
Janissary
Sipahi
Cebeci
Nizam-ı Cedid Army
Timar
Nöker
Ikta
Eyalet
Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire
Sanjak
Ağalık
Kadılık
Salname
Titles and posts
Sultan
Grand vizier
Vizier
Beylerbey
Pasha
Kazasker
Nisanci
Defterdar
Reisülküttap
Lala
Aga
Sanjak bey
History of Ottoman-ruled countries
Albania
Algeria
Armenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Egypt
Eritrea
Greece
Hungary
Slovakia
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kosovo
Libya
North Macedonia
Montenegro
Palestine (Including Israel (q.v.))
Serbia
Syria
Sudan
Tunisia
Turkey
Ukraine
Russia
Ottoman Dynasty
The sultans
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Osman I
Orhan (Gazi)
Murad I (Hüdavendigar)
Beyazid I (Yıldırım)
Mehmed I (Çelebi)
Murad II
Mehmed II (Fatih)
Bayezid II (Veli)
Selim I (Yavuz)
Suleiman I (Kanuni)
Selim II (Sarı)
Murad III
Mehmed III
Ahmed I
Mustafa I
Osman II (Genç)
Murad IV
İbrahim (Deli)
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Mehmed IV (Avcı)
Suleiman II
Ahmed II
Mustafa II
Ahmed III
Mahmud I
Osman III
Mustafa III
Abdulhamid I
Selim III
Mustafa IV
Mahmud II
Abdülmecid
Abdulaziz
Murad V
Abdulhamid II
Mehmed V
Mehmed VI
Some male members of the Ottoman house
Alaeddin Pasha
Süleyman Pasha
Şehzade Halil
Savcı Bey
Süleyman Çelebi
İsa Çelebi
Musa Çelebi
Mustafa Çelebi
Küçük Mustafa
Cem Sultan
Şehzade Ahmet
Şehzade Korkut
Şehzade Mustafa
Şehzade Bayezid
Yusuf Izzettin Efendi
Abdülmecid II
Mothers and other women assumed the title Valide Sultan
Malhun Hatun
Nilüfer Hatun
Gülçiçek Hatun
Devlet Hatun
Emine Hatun
Hüma Hatun
Gülbahar Hatun
Sittişah Hatun
Gülbahar Hatun
Hafsa Sultan
Hürrem Sultan
Nurbanu Sultan
Safiye Sultan
Handan Sultan
Halime Sultan
Mahfiruz Hatun
Kösem Sultan
Turhan Sultan
Aşub Sultan
Muazzez Sultan
Gülnuş Sultan
Saliha Sultan
Şehsuvar Sultan
Mihrişah Kadın
Şermi Kadın
Mihrişah Sultan
Sineperver Sultan
Nakşidil Sultan
Bezmiâlem Sultan
Pertevniyal Sultan
Şevkefza Sultan
Tirimüjgan Kadın
Gülcemal Kadın
Perestu Kadın
Gülüstü Hanım
Some female members of the Ottoman house
Hatice Sultan (daughter of Selim I)
Mahidevran Sultan
Mihrimah Sultan (daughter of Suleiman I)
Kaya Sultan
Hatice Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)
Hatice Sultan (daughter of Mustafa III)
Esma Sultan (daughter of Abdul Hamid I)
Adile Sultan
Naile Sultan (daughter of Abdulmejid I)
Esma Sultan (daughter of Abdülaziz)
Fehime Sultan
Notable people
Some Crimean Khans
Meñli I Giray
Mehmed I Giray
Sahib I Giray
Devlet I Giray
Mehmed IV Giray
Islam III Giray
Adil Giray
Selim I Giray
Devlet II Giray
Şahin Giray
Some Grandviziers
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Alaeddin Pasha
Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha
Çandarlı (2nd) Halil Pasha
Mahmut Pasha
Gedik Ahmet Pasha
Hersekli Ahmet Pasha
Karamanlı Mehmet Pasha
Hadım Sinan Pasha
Pargalı İbrahim Pasha
Lütfi Pasha
Rüstem Pasha
Sokollu Mehmet Pasha
Şemiz Ahmed Pasha
Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha
Koca Sinan Pasha
Damat İbrahim Pasha
Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha
Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha
Kuyucu Murat Pasha
Öküz Kara Mehmet Pasha
Hadım Mehmet Pasha
Damat Halil Pasha
Gazi Hüsrev Pasha
Bayram Pasha
Tayyar Mehmet Pasha
Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha
Sultanzade Mehmet Pasha
Nevesinli Salih Pasha
Kara Musa Pasha
Hezarpare Ahmet Pasha
Sofu Mehmet Pasha
Kara Dev Murat Pasha
Melek Ahmet Pasha
Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I
Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha
Kara Dev Murat Pasha
Gazi Hüseyin Pasha
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Köprülü Mehmet Pasha
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmet Pasha
Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha
Abaza Siyavuş Pasha
Ayaşlı İsmail Pasha
Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha
Arabacı Ali Pasha
Çalık Ali Pasha
Elmas Mehmet Pasha
Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha
Rami Mehmet Pasha
Baltacı Mehmet Pasha
Çorlulu Ali Pasha
Köprülü Numan Pasha
Silahtar Ali Pasha
Damad Ibrahim Pasha
Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha
Ivaz Mehmed Pasha
Nişancı Ahmet Pasha
Yirmisekizzade Mehmet Sait Pasha
Koca Ragıp Pasha
Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha
Alemdar Mustafa Pasha
Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha
Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha
Mustafa Reshid Pasha
Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha
Mehmed Fuad Pasha
Midhat Pasha
Ahmed Vefik Pasha
Halil Rifat Pasha
Ahmed Tevfik Pasha
Mahmud Shevket Pasha
Said Halim Pasha
Talaat Pasha
Ahmed Izzet Pasha
Damad Ferid Pasha
Other notable viziers, governors and soldiers
Black Musa
Abaza Hasan Pasha
Abaza Mehmed Pasha
Gazi Evrenos
Hacı İlbey
Lala Şahin Pasha
Zağanos Pasha
Tiryaki Hasan Pasha
Telli Hasan Pasha
Özdemir Pasha
Cezzar Ahmet Pasha
Ali Pasha
Muhammed Ali of Egypt
Gazi Osman Pasha
Ethem Pasha
Ahmet Cemal
Enver Pasha
Ingiliz Mustafa
Sea men (Kaptan Pashas)
Kemal Reis
Piri Reis
Oruç Reis
Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha
Aydın Reis
Turgut Reis
Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis
Salih Reis
Murat Reis the Elder
Seydi Ali Reis
Piyale Pasha
Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis
Müezzinzade Ali Pasha
Kılıç Ali Pasha
Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha
Hasan Rami Pasha
Architects
Atik Sinan
Mimar Sinan
Sedefkar Mehmed Agha
Mimar Kasım
Artists (painter and calligrapher)
Ahmed Karahisari
Nakkaş Osman
Hâfiz Osman
Levni
Osman Hamdi Bey
Şeker Ahmet Paşa
Hoca Ali Riza
Halil Paşa
Musicians
Hafız Post
Buhurizade Itri
Hampartsoum Limondjian
Dede Efendi
Tanburi Büyük Osman Bey
Hacı Arif Bey
Tatyos Efendi
Tamburi Cemil Bey
Poets and authors
Pir Sultan Abdal
Fuzûlî
Hayâlî
Bâkî
İncili Çavuş
Nef'i
Karacaoğlan
Neşâtî
Nedîm
Dadaloğlu
İbrahim Şinasi
Agah Efendi
Namık Kemal
Tevfik Fikret
Ömer Seyfettin
Men of letters and historians
Aşıkpaşazade
İdris-i Bitlisi
Matrakçı Nasuh
Hoca Sadeddin Efendi
Mustafa Âlî
Mustafa Selaniki
Koçi Bey
Katip Çelebi
Evliya Çelebi
İbrahim Peçevi
Mustafa Naima
Osman Aga of Timișoara
İbrahim Müteferrika
Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Aga
Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi
Ahmed Resmî Efendi
Ahmet Cevdet Pasha
Ziya Gökalp
Scientists (including Astrologist)
Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu
Ali Kuşçu
Orban
Takiyuddin
Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebi
Lagari Hasan Çelebi
Erzurumlu İbrahim Hakkı
Müneccimbaşı Ahmed Dede
Some families
Balyan family
Çandarlı Family
Köprülü family
Levidis family
Malkoçoğlu Family
Buildings
Palaces (İstanbul)
Adile Sultan Palace
Aynalıkavak Palace
Beylerbeyi Palace
Çırağan Palace
Dolmabahçe Palace
Esma Sultan Mansion
Hatice Sultan Palace
Ihlamur Palace
Khedive Palace
Küçüksu Palace
Maslak Palace
Topkapı Palace
Yıldız Palace
Mosques (İstanbul)
Atik Ali Pasha Mosque
Atik Valide Mosque
Beyazıt II Mosque
Dolmabahçe Mosque
Eyüp Sultan Mosque
Fatih Mosque
Firuz Ağa Mosque
Handan Agha Mosque
Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque
Laleli Mosque
Mihrimah Mosque
Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar)
Molla Çelebi Mosque
The New Mosque
Nuruosmaniye Mosque
Nusretiye Mosque
Ortaköy Mosque
Pertevniyal Mosque
Rüstem Pasha Mosque
Sinan Pasha Mosque
Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque
Sultan Ahmet Mosque (Blue Mosque)
Süleymaniye Mosque
Şehzade Mosque
Şemsi Pasha Mosque
Teşvikiye Mosque
Yavuz Selim Mosque
Yeni Valide Mosque
Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque
Zeynep Sultan Mosque
Mosques (Elsewhere)
Bayezid I Mosque
Bursa Grand Mosque
İzzet Mehmet Pasha Mosque
Murat Paşa Mosque
Nasrullah Mosque
Old Mosque
Omer Pasha Mosque
Selimiye Mosque
Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Mosque
Üç Şerefeli Mosque
Ulucami
Yeşil Mosque
Military
Wars
Ottoman wars in Europe
Ottoman wars in Asia
Ottoman wars in Africa
Croatian–Ottoman Wars
Long campaign (1443–1444)
Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War (c. 1493 – 1593)
Long War (1593–1606)
Great Turkish War (1662–1699)
Ottoman Persian Wars
War of 1532–1555
War of 1578–1590
War of 1603–1618
War of 1623–1639
War of 1730–1735
War of 1743–1746
War of 1775–1776
War of 1821–1823
Ottoman–Venetian Wars
Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)
The first Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479)
The second Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)
The third Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540)
The fourth Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)
The fifth Ottoman–Venetian War or Cretan War (1645–1669)
The sixth Ottoman–Venetian War or Morean War (1684–1699)
The seventh and last Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)
Polish–Ottoman Wars
Moldavian Magnate Wars
Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621)
Polish–Ottoman War (1633–1634)
Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671)
Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) (or "2nd Polish–Ottoman War")
Polish–Ottoman War (1683–1699) (or "3rd Polish–Ottoman War")
Russo-Turkish War
Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570)
Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681)
Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)
Russo Turkish War (1710)
Russo-Turkish War (1735-1739)
Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)
Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Other wars
Byzantine–Ottoman Wars
Ottoman–Persian Wars
History of the Serbian–Turkish wars
Ottoman–Habsburg wars
Indian Ocean campaigns
Italian War of 1542–1546
Italo-Turkish War
Balkan Wars
World War I
Sieges
Bursa (1326)
İznik (1331)
İzmit (1333)
Edirne (1361)
Tarnovo (1393)
İstanbul (1422)
Thessalonica (1422)
Svetigrad (1448)
İstanbul (1453)
Belgrade (1456)
Kruje (1478)
Rhodes (1480)
Otranto (1481)
Cairo (1517)
Rhodes (1522)
Algiers (1529)
Vienna (1529)
Tunis (1534)
Baghdat (1534)
Corfu (1537)
Diu (1538)
Aden (1538)
Castelnuovo (1539)
Buda (1541)
Esztergom (1543)
Van (1547)
Tripoli (1551)
Eger(1552)
Oran (1556)
Oran (1563)
Malta (1565)
Szigetvar (1566)
Tunis (1574)
Baghdad (1638)
Candia (1669)
Vienna (1683)
Belgrade (1739)
Battles (before World War 1)
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Bapheus
Dimbos
Pelekanon
Ihtiman
Maritsa
Dubrovnica
Savra
Bileca
1.Kosova
Rovine
Nicopolis
Ankara
Varna
2.Kosova
Albulena (Ujëbardha)
Otlukbeli
Vasliu
Valea Alba
Ekmek Otlak (Câmpul Pâinii)
Krbava
Zonchio
Modon
Chaldiran
Marj Dabiq
Yaunis Khan
Ridanieh
Mohács
Formentera
Preveza
Algiers
Sohoista
Ponza
Djerbe
Lepanto
Çıldır
Torches
Sisak
Keresztes
Cecora
Khotyn (1621)
Focchies
Dardanelles (1654)
Dardanelles (1655)
Dardanelles (1656)
Dardanelles (1657)
Saint Gotthard
Khotyn (1673)
Vienna
2.Mohács
Slankamen
Oinousses Islands (Koyun Adaları)
Andros
Zenta
Pruth River
Petrovaradin
Imbros
Matapan
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Hisarcık (Grocka)
Stavuchany
Chesma
Larga
Kagul
Fokşan
Rymnik
Kaliakra (1791)
Pyramids
Abukir
Arpachai
Athos
Al Safra
Jeddah
Čegar
Alamana
Dragashani
Dervenakia
Kamatero
Navarino
Kulevicha
Algiers
3.Kosova
Konya
Nezib
Oltenitza
Sinop
Kurekdere
Eupatoria
Kızıl Tepe
Plevna
Shipka
Tashkessen
Dömeke
Tobruk
Beirut
Kardzhali
Sarantaporo
Giannitsa
Kumanovo
Kirk Kilisse
Pente Pigadia
Prilep
Lule Burgas
Merhamli
Sorovich
Monastir
Kaliakra (1912)
Imroz (Elli)
Bulair
Şarköy
Adrianople
Lemnos (Limni)
Bizani
Scutari
Yenidje
Battles of the First World War
Caucasus Campaign
Köprüköy (Bergmann)
Sarikamis
Ardahan
Malazgirt (Manzikert)
Kara Kilise
Erzurum
Trabzon
Bitlis
Erzincan
Sardarapat
Abaran
Karakilisa
Baku
Mesopotamian campaign
Fao– Basra
Qurna
Es Sinn
Ctesiphon
1st Kut
Shiekh Sa'ad
Wadi
Hanna
Dujaila
2nd Kut
Baghdad
Samarra offensive
Ramadi
Khan Baghdadi
Sharqat
Sinai and Palestine Campaign
Kanal (Suez)
Romani
Magdhaba
Refah (Rafa)
1st Gaza
2nd Gaza
El Buggar
Birüşebi (Beersheba)
3rd Gaza
Mughar Ridge
Kudüs(Jerusalem)
Abu Tellul
Megiddo
Gallipoli Campaign
Çanakkale deniz (Naval operations)
Arıburnu (Anzac Cove)
Helles
1.Kirte (Krithia)
2.Kirte (Krithia)
3.Kirte (Krithia)
Kumkale
Sığındere (Gully Ravine)
Anafartalar (Sari Bair)
Kirte Bağları (Krithia Vineyard)
Kanlısırt (Lone Pine)
Suvla
Kılışbayır (The Nek)
Conk Bayırı (Chunuk Bair)
Yusufçuk Tepe (Scimitar Hill)
Hill 60
Treaties
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Ottoman–Venetian
Edirne-Segedin (Szeged)
Constantinople (1479)
Constantinople (1533)
Franco-Turkish
Adrianople (1547)
Amasya
Adrianople (1568)
Istanbul (1590)
Zitvatorok
Nasuh Pasha
Serav
Khotyn
Kasr'ı Şirin (Zuhab)
Vasvar
Buczacs
İzvença (Zurawno)
Bakhchisarai
Karlowitz
Constantinople (1700)
Pruth
Passarowitz
İstanbul (1724)
Ahmet Pasha
İstanbul (1736)
Belgrade
Niš
Kerden
Kuçük Kaynarca
Aynalıkavak
Sistova
Jassy
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Algeria
Tripoli
Tunis
Paris
Kale’i Sültani (Dardanelles)
Bucharest
Erzurum
Akkerman
Adrianople
İstanbul (1832)
Hünkâr İskelesi
Kütahya
Balta limanı
London (1840)
London (1841)
Paris (1856)
Scutari
Ayastefanos (Yeşilköy)
Berlin (1878)
Cyprus
Tophane
İstanbul (1897)
Ouchy
London (1913)
İstanbul (1913)
Athens
Erzincan
Brest Litovsk
Batum
Mudros
Sèvres
Revolts and notable events
Sheikh Bedrettin
Şahkulu
Jelali revolts
Beylerbeyi Event
Abaza rebellion
Atmeydanı Incident
Çınar Incident
Edirne event
Patrona Halil
Kabakçı Mustafa
Charter of Alliance
The Auspicious Incident
Serbian revolt
Greek revolt
Bulgarian revolt
Arab revolt
Atçalı Kel Mehmet
31 March Incident
Babıali raid
Diplomacy
French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
Polish Jagiellon ambassadors to the Ottoman Empire
Lists
List of the Ottoman battles in which the sultan participated
Campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent
List of campaigns of Mehmed the Conqueror
Ports of the Ottoman Empire
Outline and timeline of the Greek genocide
See also
Wikilala
Notes
External links
Ottoman Text Archive Project – University of Washington
Ottoman Empire in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
The Ottoman Empire: Resources – University of Michigan
The Ottoman Empire: A Chronological Outline
World Civilizations: The Ottomans A comprehensive site that covers much about the Ottoman state and government
Ottoman History Podcast An internet radio broadcast dedicated to the history, culture and society of the Ottoman Empire and Middle East
Turkish Oral Narrative
The Online Bibliography of Ottoman-Turkish Literature A bi-lingual site (English version) presenting a user-submissable database of references to theses, books, articles, papers and research-projects
Osmanlı Edebiyatı Çalışmaları Bibliyografyası Veritabanı Turkish version of The Online Bibliography of Ottoman-Turkish Literature
Information about Ottomans
– covers the period 1300–1600
The Sakıp Sabancı Collection of Ottoman Calligraphy
Ottomans History Blog
Turkey in the First World War
Ottoman Navy and Navigation
Engravings of Ottoman Empire – HQ image gallery
Ottoman Studies Resources in Internet
Topics
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
Outlines of history and events