Ottoman Empire

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Ottoman Empire
دولت عليه عثمانیه‎ Devlet-i ʿAlīye-i ʿOsmānīye The Exalted Ottoman State
c. 1299–1922/1923[dn 1]
Flag (1844–1922) Coat of arms (1882 design)
Motto دولت ابد مدت‎ Devlet-i Ebed-müddet "The Eternal State"
Anthem (various) (during 1808–1922)
The Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent in Europe, under Sultan Mehmed IV in late 17th century.
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Preceded by Succeeded by Sultanate of Rum Adal Sultanate Anatolian beyliks Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Bosnia Second Bulgarian Empire Serbian Despotate Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Mamluk Sultanate Hafsid dynasty Hospitallers of Tripolitania Kingdom of Tlemcen Empire of Trebizond Principality of Samtskhe Turkish Prov. Gov. Hellenic Republic Caucasus Viceroyalty Bosnia and Herzegovina Revolutionary Serbia Albania Kingdom of Romania Principality of Bulgaria OETA Mandatory Iraq Kingdom of Hejaz French Algeria British Cyprus French Tunisia Italian Libya
Preceded by
Sultanate of Rum Adal Sultanate Anatolian beyliks Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Bosnia Second Bulgarian Empire Serbian Despotate Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Mamluk Sultanate Hafsid dynasty Hospitallers of Tripolitania Kingdom of Tlemcen Empire of Trebizond Principality of Samtskhe
Turkish Prov. Gov.
Hellenic Republic
Caucasus Viceroyalty
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Revolutionary Serbia
Albania
Kingdom of Romania
Principality of Bulgaria
OETA
Mandatory Iraq
Kingdom of Hejaz
French Algeria
British Cyprus
French Tunisia
Italian Libya

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Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
دولت عليه عثمانیه‎ Devlet-i ʿAlīye-i ʿOsmānīye The Exalted Ottoman State دولت عليه عثمانیه‎ Devlet-i ʿAlīye-i ʿOsmānīye The Exalted Ottoman State
c. 1299–1922/1923[dn 1] c. 1299–1922/1923[dn 1]
c. 1299–1922/1923[dn 1] 
Flag (1844–1922) Coat of arms (1882 design) Flag (1844–1922) Coat of arms (1882 design)
Motto دولت ابد مدت‎ Devlet-i Ebed-müddet "The Eternal State" Motto دولت ابد مدت‎ Devlet-i Ebed-müddet "The Eternal State"
Anthem (various) (during 1808–1922) Anthem (various) (during 1808–1922)
The Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent in Europe, under Sultan Mehmed IV in late 17th century. The Ottoman Empire at its greatest extent in Europe, under Sultan Mehmed IV in late 17th century.
Capital Söğüt[1] (c. 1299–1335) Bursa[2] (1335–1363) Edirne[2] (1363–1453) Constantinople (present-day Istanbul)[dn 2] (1453–1922)
Languages Ottoman Turkish (official) many others
Religion Sunni Islam Madhab: Hanafi Creed: Maturidi
Government Absolute monarchy (c. 1299–1876) (1878–1908) (1920–1922) Constitutional monarchy (1876–1878) (1908–1920)
Sultan 
c. 1299–1323/4 Osman I (first)
1918–1922 Mehmed VI (last)
Caliph 
1512–1520 Selim I (first)[3]
1922–1924 Abdülmecid II (last)
Grand Vizier 
1320–1331 Alaeddin Pasha (first)
1920–1922 Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (last)
Legislature General Assembly
Upper house Senate
Lower house Chamber of Deputies
History 
Founded c. 1299
Interregnum 1402–1414
Transformation to empire 1453
1st Constitutional 1876–1878
2nd Constitutional 1908–1920
Raid on the Sublime Porte 23 January 1913
Sultanate abolished[dn 3] 1 November 1922
Republic of Turkey established[dn 4] 29 October 1923
Caliphate abolished 3 March 1924
Area Area
1683 [4][5] 5,200,000 km2 (2,000,000 sq mi)
1914 [6] 1,800,000 km2 (690,000 sq mi)
Population Population
1856 est. 35,350,000
1906 est. 20,884,000
1912 est.[7] 24,000,000
Currency Akçe, Para, Sultani, Kuruş, Lira
Preceded by Succeeded by Sultanate of Rum Adal Sultanate Anatolian beyliks Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Bosnia Second Bulgarian Empire Serbian Despotate Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Mamluk Sultanate Hafsid dynasty Hospitallers of Tripolitania Kingdom of Tlemcen Empire of Trebizond Principality of Samtskhe Turkish Prov. Gov. Hellenic Republic Caucasus Viceroyalty Bosnia and Herzegovina Revolutionary Serbia Albania Kingdom of Romania Principality of Bulgaria OETA Mandatory Iraq Kingdom of Hejaz French Algeria British Cyprus French Tunisia Italian Libya Preceded by Succeeded by Sultanate of Rum Adal Sultanate Anatolian beyliks Byzantine Empire Kingdom of Bosnia Second Bulgarian Empire Serbian Despotate Kingdom of Hungary Kingdom of Croatia Mamluk Sultanate Hafsid dynasty Hospitallers of Tripolitania Kingdom of Tlemcen Empire of Trebizond Principality of Samtskhe Turkish Prov. Gov. Hellenic Republic Caucasus Viceroyalty Bosnia and Herzegovina Revolutionary Serbia Albania Kingdom of Romania Principality of Bulgaria OETA Mandatory Iraq Kingdom of Hejaz French Algeria British Cyprus French Tunisia Italian Libya
Succeeded by 
Turkish Prov. Gov. Hellenic Republic Caucasus Viceroyalty Bosnia and Herzegovina Revolutionary Serbia Albania Kingdom of Romania Principality of Bulgaria OETA Mandatory Iraq Kingdom of Hejaz French Algeria British Cyprus French Tunisia Italian Libya 
Sultanate of Rum 
Adal Sultanate 
Anatolian beyliks 
Byzantine Empire 
Kingdom of Bosnia 
Second Bulgarian Empire 
Serbian Despotate 
Kingdom of Hungary 
Kingdom of Croatia 
Mamluk Sultanate 
Hafsid dynasty 
Hospitallers of Tripolitania 
Kingdom of Tlemcen 
Empire of Trebizond 
Principality of Samtskhe 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Questions about this table:
originalText: who ruled the ottoman empire in the 1500s
answer: answerTexts: Selim I