Theodore Spandounes
Subtitle: On the Origins of the Ottoman Emperors
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: August 13, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780521585101
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history: BCE to c 500 CE; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; c 1000 CE to c 1500; Middle East - Turkey; Turkey - History; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Middle East; Sultans; History / Middle East; Turkey--History--1288-1453; History; Middle East - General; 1288-1453; 1453-1683; Turkey
First sentence: Having with the utmost diligence and care searched the historians of the Turks who treat of the origin of the mighty house of the Ottomans, I have found so far as I can see that they are descended from shepherds of Tartary of the race of one called Ogus.