Osman I

Osman I, Osman Gazi Khan  or Othman I El-Gazi (1281 http://www.osmanli700.gen.tr/english/chronology/chronologyindex.html – 1326) Ottoman Turkish, Persian: عثمان بن أرطغرل,  or Osman Bey or I.Osman), nicknamed "Kara" for his courage, wis the leader o the Ottoman Turks, an the foonder o the dynasty that established an ruled the Ottoman Empire. The Empire, named efter him, woud prevail as a warld empire The Ottoman Empire, 1700-1922, Donald Quataert, page 4, 2005 for over six centuries. 

Osman annoonced the independence o his awn sma kinrick frae the Seljuk Turks in 1299. The wastward drive o the Mongol invasions haed pushed scores o Muslims toward Osman's Anatolian principality, a pouer base that Osman wis quick tae consolidate. As the eastren branch o the Ancient Roman Empire declined, the Ottoman Empire rose tae take its place.

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