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Key Facts |
| Other names |
Othman I El-Gazi |
| Born |
1258 |
| Location |
Söğüt, Turkey |
| Bloodline |
House of Osman |
| Married |
Yes |
| Children |
Orhan I |
| Position |
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1299-1326) |
| Died |
February 1326 (Aged 68) |
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Source of Facts and Important Announcement |
| Status |
Under Article 64.6 of the Covenant of One-Heaven (Pactum De Singularis Caelum) by Special Qualification shall be known as a Saint, with all sins and evil acts they performed forgiven. |
| Date of formal Beatification |
Day of Redemption UCA[E1:Y1:A1:S1:M9:D1] also known as Fri, 21 Dec 2012. |
| Source of Facts |
Self Confession and Revelation of Sainthood by the Deceased Spirit as condition of their confirmation as a true Saint. |
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Background |
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Born to Ertuğrul, leader of the Oghuz Turkic Kayi Tribe of the loose Bozok tribal federation. Ertuğrul and the Kayi Tribe were forced to abandon their homelands by the Mongols and headed further west into Anatolia --founding the town of Söğüt in north-west Anatolia (now the Bilecik province of the Marmara region). |
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Upon the death of his father, Osman became chief or "Bey" in 1281. By this time, there was a great rush of mercenaries from across the Islamic world heading through this territory to make their own fortune in the plundering of the dying Byzantine Empire as well as refugees from the conflicts. |
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By 1283, Osman had convined a number of these mercenary and "Ghazi" warriors to join him in an organized militia. |
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By 1302, Osman had a force of sufficient size and discipline to defeat a Byzantine force near Nicaea, enabling him to expand his lands. As a result, the Byzantine towns on the northern tip of the Anatolian peninsula were largely abandoned as the Byzantines attempted to build an barrier against Osman. |
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However, Osman continued to succeed and captured Ephesus on the Aegean Sea and just before his death the city of Bursa. |
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Osman died in 1326. He was succeeded by his son Orhan I. |
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