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Osman I, Father of Kings Bassem Fleifel Osman I, father of kings Bassem Fleifel To cite this version: Bassem Fleifel. Osman I, father of kings. WikiJournal of Humanities, 2021, 4 (1), pp.1. 10.15347/wjh/2021.001. hal-03198373 HAL Id: hal-03198373 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03198373 Submitted on 14 Apr 2021 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike| 4.0 International License WikiJournal of Humanities, 2021, 4(1):1 doi: 10.15347/wjh/2021.001 Encyclopedic Review Article Osman I, father of kings Bassem Fleifel [1] , et al Abstract Osman I. or Osman Bay (full form: Abū al-mulūk al-Sulṭān al-ghāzī Fakhr al-Dīn QaraʻUthmān Khān al-awwal bin Ertuğrul bin Sulaymān Shāh al-qayawi al-Turkumānī), was the leader of the Kayı Turkic clan, one of the border gover- nors for the Sultanate of Rûm, and the founder of the Ottoman dynasty that ruled over the Balkans, Anatolia, the Levant, and North Africa for 600 years until it expired with the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1922. Keywords: Osman Gazi, Sultan Osman I Introduction Osman I. or Osman Bay (full form: Abū al-mulūk al- Sulṭān al-ghāzī Fakhr al-Dīn QaraʻUthmān Khān al-aw- wal bin Ertuğrul bin Sulaymān Shāh al-qayawi al-Tur- kumānī), was the leader of the Kayı Turkic clan and one of the border governors for the Sultanate of Rûm, and the founder of the Ottoman dynasty that ruled over the Balkans, Anatolia, the Levant, and North Africa for 600 years until it expired with the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1922. Although the exact date of Osman's birth is unspeci- fied, some sources indicate that he was born in 656 AH / 1258 CE, to Emir Ertuğrul Gazi, one of the border gov- ernors for the Sultanate of Rûm, and Halime Hatun. It so happened that Osman was born on the same day that the Mongols invaded Baghdad,[1] the capital of Figure 1 | Sultan Osman (ʻUthmān) Han I. Konstantin the Abbasid Islamic caliphate. The events were dra- Kapıdağlı/PD-old matically linked by the subsequent Ottoman and Mus- lim historians. Osman became Emir and the leader of the Osmanic or ʻUthmānic State, Anglicized as the Kayı clan after the death of his father. He remained the Ottoman Empire. Osman continued to rule his loyal to the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm, despite the tur- new state as an independent Emir until 1326. During moil and dangers threatening it by that time. this year, his son Orhan conquered the city of Bursa, and Osman fell sick. Soon later, he died. His body was In 1295 CE, Osman began attacking the Byzantine transferred and buried in Bursa, this gave the city a forts in the name of the Seljuk Sultan and Abbasid Ca- great symbolism in the eyes of later Ottomans. Os- liph. He conquered several forts leading his clan north man’s successors followed his example and continued and west towards the coasts of the Marmara and Black the campaigns he started until the mid-seventeenth Seas. When the Mongols overcame the Sultanate of century, they successfully transformed the principality Rûm and made it a sovereign state, Osman declared that he laid its foundations into a global empire span- his independence from the Seljuks, and thus became ning three continents.[2] the founder of a new Turkic state named after him: *Author correspondence: [email protected] ORCID: 0000-0003-1724-0708 Licensed under: CC-BY Received 31-05-2020; accepted 30-01-2021 1 of 16 | WikiJournal of Humanities WikiJournal of Humanities, 2021, 4(1):1 doi: 10.15347/wjh/2021.001 Encyclopedic Review Article Although Osman is called “Sultan” or “Padişah” in century he spent as a Seljuk governor. In 680 AH / 1281 many sources, he did not hold that title during his life- CE, Ertuğrul passed aways at nearly 90 years of age.[9] time. However, he was to be called so, subsequently for establishing the dynasty of the Ottoman Sultans, thus he was titled Abū al-mulūk (father of kings). Os- man was renowned for his simple way of living, being influenced by the beliefs of Sufi Dervishes. He main- tained the old Turkic traditions that govern the rela- tionship between the leader and clan members, which pre-dates Islam's arrival among the Turks, as long as they did not contradict sharia law.[3] Historical Background Most sources agree that the Ottoman Turks belonged to the Kayı Oghuz Turkic clan, who, according to Otto- man traditions, fled their native homeland in central Asia, during the early 13th century, due to the Mongol Figure 1 | Ertuğrul's türbe in Söğüt. Maderibeyza/GFDL Cc-by- invasions. The clan settled in Anatolia, in a region be- sa-3.0-migrated cc-by-sa-2.5,2.0,1.0 longing to the Seljuk Sultanate of Rûm.[4] Other sources claim that the Kayı clan moved to Anatolia two centuries earlier than the previously mentioned date, Osman's lineage alongside the Seljuks, when they left Transox- iana to Khurasan around 1040 CE to reside near the Although the exact date of Osman's birth is unspeci- city of Merv. Then, the Kayı clan moved to- fied, some sources indicate that he was born on 8 Safar wards eastern Anatolia after 1071 CE,[5] where it dis- 656 AH / 13 February 1258 CE, the exact same day the placed alongside other turkic clans. Later, it became Mongol hordes invaded Baghdad, killing its inhabitants [1] involved in the army of Sultan Alâeddin Kayqubad and ravaging its landmarks. Other Sources, such as th II and fought against the Khwarizmians, Mongols 16 century Ottoman historian Kemalpaşazâde, says and Byzantines, who were raiding Seljuk lands. Ac- that Osman was most likely born around the middle of th [10] cording to several sources, the Kayı warriors were the 13 century, possibly in 1254/5 CE. Information known for filling first lines in battles, and their fighting related to the early life of Osman is limited. However, skills and bravery were among the major factors the the few available sources agree that he was born in the Seljuks were victorious in many battles. This fact town of Söğüt, which his father Ertuğrul took as the [11] prompted Sultan Kayqubad to appoint Ertuğrul, the capital of his emirate. The reason for the lack of in- clan's Emir, as a Moqaddam (Lieutenant), and to re- formation available about this stage of Osman's life, is ward the Kayıs some fertile lands near Ankara, where due to the fact that the oldest known source about this they settled and remained in the service of the Sultan time period, was written about a hundred years after for several years.[6][7] Osman's death. Later, Ertuğrul was granted dominion over the town Among these sources are: Destan-ı Tevarih-i Al-i Os- of Söğüt in northwestern Anatolia on the Byzantine man (the oral history of the Ottomans), written in the th frontier.[8] He also Obtained the title of Uç beyliği or Uç 14 century by the Ottoman poet and court physi- bey (literally: marcher-lord). Granting this title was in cian Tâceddîn İbrâhîm bin Hızîr better known as Ah- line with the traditions of the Seljuk Sultanate, which is medî (1334-1413 CE), Behcetü't Tevârîh (the joy of histo- rewarding any clan chieftain who rises to power and is ries) by Şükrullah (d. 1464 CE), and Tevarih-i Âl-i Os- joined by a number of smaller clans, the title of man (history of the Ottomans) by Derviş Ahmed ِ-marcher-lord. However, Ertuğrul had far-reaching po- Âşıkî known as Âşıkpaşazâde (1400 - 1484 CE). Addi litical ambitions. He sought to expand beyond the tionally, these remaining sources are not the originals, lands rewarded to him. Thus, he started raiding the but rather copies, or copies of the copies that were re- Byzantine possessions in the name of the Sultan suc- written over the years, leading to a probable loss or al- [12] cessfully conquering several towns and villages, and tering in the information. In fact, it is accepted that slowly expanding his dominion during the half of the Ottoman, European, and Byzantine sources are not very reliable when considering the origins of Osman 2 of 16 | WikiJournal of Humanities WikiJournal of Humanities, 2021, 4(1):1 doi: 10.15347/wjh/2021.001 Encyclopedic Review Article and his clan. On one hand, the oldest known records Based on this, Osman's assumed lineage is as fol- originally written by the Ottomans all date back to the lows: Osman bin Ertuğrul bin Gündüz Alp bin Kaya Alp period that followed the conquest of Constantino- bin Gökalp bin Sarquk Alp bin Kayı Alp.[5] Other re- ple (1453 CE). On the other hand, none of the Byzan- searchers agree that the connection between Ertuğrul, tine historians did refer in their writings to the origin of Osman, and the Seljuks, may have been largely in- the Ottomans. As for European historians, these Turkic vented by court chroniclers a century later, and the Muslim peoples were out of their interests.
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