Omer Bey

Omer Bey was the father of Malhun Hatun who was the first wife of Osman Ghazi .
== In kurulus Osman.==
He was the Bey of the Bayındır tribe,an Oghuz tribe settled in Anatolia. Son of Kızıl Bey and father of Malhun Hatun. A war veteran formerly loyal to the Seljuks, famed for battles against the Mongols. He was the most famous bey in Anatolia.He got martyred by Barkin Bey for supporting Osman Bey.
==In History ==
He was the father of Malhun Hatun who was the wife of Osman Ghazi and mother of Orhan Ghazi. Sources say that she was the daughter of Ömer Abdülaziz Bey, Seljuk Vizier of Anatolia. The 1324 endowment deed for a Dervish Monastery built by Sultan Orhan suggests that his mother was not, as popular historical tradition maintains, Edebali's daughter but rather Mal Hatun, the daughter of one "Umar Bey or Ömer Bey". The title "Bey", used by the princely dynasties of Anatolia, suggests that Mal Hatun's father was a person of some status and authority. One possibility is that he was the eponymous ruler of an "Amouri" (Umeri) Principality, which was located northeast of the emerging Ottoman State and disappeared in the late 13th or the early 14th century. The Amouri are described by the Byzantine historian George Pachymeres, who says that a son of Umar fought with Osman in one of his first raids against local Byzantine lords (the victory of Baphaion). The Ottomans, according to Pachymeres, went on to assume the role played by Amouri until their demise as the principal aggressor against the Byzantines in the northwest Anatolia. If Pachymeres's report is correct, the timing and the political context are appropriate for a marriage between Osman and Umar Bey's daughter. Osman was enchanted by the beauty of Malhun Hatun and asked her in marriage, to whom six sons and a daughter were born.
== Family==
He had a daughter named Malhun Hatun and 3 sons (all of them got martyred).
He was the grandfather of Orhan and Fatma Hatun.
Category:People of the Bayındır Principality
Category:Oghuz Turkmen Heads
Category:Historical Turkic People