Orhan Gazi

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Orhan Gazi was the second ruler of the Ottoman Beylik who significantly expanded its territories in northwestern Anatolia during the 14th century, laying foundations for the future Ottoman Empire.

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Label Occurrences
Orhan Gazi canonical 3
Orhan I 3
Orhan 2

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Ottoman sultan
human
monarch
alliance Byzantine Empire under John VI Kantakouzenos
areaOfInfluence Marmara region
linked to: Marmara Region

northwestern Anatolia
birthDate c. 1281
burialPlace Bursa
capitalChosen Bursa
child Ibrahim
Kasim
linked to: Qasim ibn Muhammad

Murad I
Süleyman Pasha
conflict Byzantine–Ottoman wars
countryOfCitizenship Ottoman Beylik
deathDate c. 1362
deathPlace Bursa
era 14th century
ethnicGroup Oghuz Turk
linked to: Oghuz
father Osman I
givenName Orhan
honorificTitle Gazi
languageSpoken Old Anatolian Turkish
legacy laid foundations for the future Ottoman Empire
memberOfDynasty Ottoman dynasty
militaryRank bey
mother Malhun Hatun
notableAchievement conquest of Bursa
conquest of İzmit (Nicomedia)
conquest of İznik (Nicaea)
development of Bursa as first major Ottoman capital
expansion into Thrace via Gallipoli foothold
organization of the early Ottoman administration
strengthening of the timar system
notableEvent marriage to Theodora, daughter of John VI Kantakouzenos
notableWork expansion of Ottoman territories in northwestern Anatolia
positionHeld ruler of the Ottoman Beylik
second Ottoman ruler
predecessor Osman I
regionRuled Bithynia
Mysia
reignEnd 1362
reignStart c. 1323
c. 1324
religion Sunni Islam
spouse Asporça Hatun
Nilüfer Hatun
Theodora Kantakouzene
successor Murad I
title Bey of the Ottomans
linked to: Ottoman sultan

Sultan of the Ottomans (in later historiography)
linked to: Ottoman sultan

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orhan alsoKnownAs Orhan Gazi
Murad I father Orhan
linked to: Orhan Gazi
Murad I predecessor Orhan
linked to: Orhan Gazi
Ottoman akçe introducedUnderRuler Orhan I
linked to: Orhan Gazi
Alaeddin Ali Pasha relative Orhan I
linked to: Orhan Gazi
Süleyman Pasha father Orhan Gazi
Battle of Pelekanon commander Orhan I
linked to: Orhan Gazi