Turkish; of or pertaining to the tribe that conquered Asia Minor in the 13th century (Former empire centred in Anatolia) ; It was named after Osman I (1259-1326), a Turkish Muslim prince in Bithynia who conquered neighbouring regions once held by the Seljuk dynasty and founded his own ruling line around 1300. Ottomans first invaded Europe in 1345, sweeping through the Balkans. Though defeated by Timur in 1402, by 1453 the Ottomans, under Fatih Sultan Mehmed II (the Conquerer; 1429-81), had destroyed the Byzantine Empire and captured its capital, Constantinople. Renamed as Islambul and later Istanbul which served as the Ottoman capital. Under Selim I (1467-1520) and his son Süleyman I (the Magnificent), the Ottoman Empire became the largest in the world. Suleyman took control of parts of Persia, most of Arabia, and large sections of Hungary and the Balkans. By the early 16th century the Ottomans had also defeated the Mamluk dynasty in Syria and Egypt; and their navy under Barbaros soon seized control of much of the Barbary Coast. Beginning with Selim, the Ottoman sultans also held the title of Caliph, the spiritual leader of Islam. Ottoman power began to decline in the late 16th century after the imperial fleet was destroyed at the Battle of Lepanto (1571). Ottoman forces repeatedly besieged Vienna. Their final effort at taking the Austrian capital in 1683 failed. That failure and subsequent losses led them to relinquish Hungary in 1699. Corruption and decadence gradually undermined the government. In the 18th century the Russo-Turkish Wars and wars with Austria and Poland further weakened the empire, which in the 19th century came to be called the "sick man of Europe." Most of its remaining European territory was lost in the Balkan Wars (1912-13). It sided with Germany in World War I (1914-18); postwar treaties dissolved the empire, and in 1922 the sultanate was abolished by Ataturk, who proclaimed the Republic of Turkey the following year. (Wikipedia) - Ottoman

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Ottoman may refer to:

• Ottoman Empire, a Turkish state in existence from 1299 to 1923
• Ottoman Turks, the Turkic ethnic group that originally comprised the Ottoman Empire
• Ottomans, subjects and (later) citizens of the Ottoman Empire of any ethnicity
• Ottoman dynasty, the ruling family of the Ottoman Empire
  • Osman I, the origin of the word "Ottoman", founder and namesake of the Ottoman Empire and dynasty
  • Osmanoğlu family, modern members of the family
• Ottoman Turkish language
• Ottoman (textile), a fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture
• Ottoman military bands, or Mehter takımı
• Ottoman (furniture), a padded stool or footstool
• Pax Ottomana, a phrase used to describe a long time of peace in the Ottoman Empire
• Otto Mann, a character in The Simpsons
• Ottoman bed (in the UK), a type of storage bed in which the storage area is located underneath the mattress base

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