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Orhan

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Orhan Ghazi was the second sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1323 or 1324 until his death in 1362, the son of Osman I and Malhun Hatun. He spent his early reign conquering most of northwestern Anatolia from Byzantine rule, winning his first battle at Pelekanon against Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos and absorbing the Karasid and Ahi territories. Byzantine civil wars in the 1340s and 1350s extended his influence further: the regent John VI Kantakouzenos married his daughter Theodora to Orhan and used Ottoman troops against rival Byzantine forces, and after an earthquake devastated Gallipoli, Orhan's son Suleyman Pasha occupied the town, giving the Ottomans their first foothold in Europe. The Muslim traveler Ibn Battuta called him the greatest of the Turcoman kings and the richest in wealth, lands and military forces.

Facts
Death Year
1362 1
Wikipedia gives month only, March 1362, not an exact day.
Role
Second Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1323/4 to 1362). 1
Birthplace
Söğüt 1
Classification
Gender
Male 1
Role
Role (category)
Monarch / Royalty 1
Connections

In Era

The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, Eras
Source Wikipedia: Orhan

Preceded By

Osman I, Historical Figures
Source Wikipedia: Orhan

Ruled

The Ottoman Empire, Polities
Source Wikipedia: Orhan

Succeeded By

Murad I, Historical Figures
Source Wikipedia: Murad I
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Originated In

Turkey

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Source Wikidata: Orhan
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Orhan
Wikipedia
  • Lead section, opening sentence (title and reign dates)
    was the second sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1323/4 to 1362.
  • Lead section, birthplace and parentage sentence
    He was born in Söğüt, as the son of Osman I and his consort Malhun Hatun.
  • Lead section, name and death-date parenthetical
    died March 1362
  • Orhan: Gender
    Orhan Ghazi was the second sultan of the Ottoman Empire, reigning from 1323 or 1324 until his death in 1362, the son of Osman I and Malhun Hatun.
  • Wikipedia biography, role/occupation stated in lead section (w-bbfill-history3-0927)
  • In Era: The Post-Classical and Medieval Period, lead paragraph, lifespan
    Orhan Ghazi (Ottoman Turkish: اورخان غازی; Turkish: Orhan Gazi, also spelled Orkhan; died March 1362) was the second sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1323/4 to 1362.
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Wikidata: Orhan
Wikidata Q133168, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Wikipedia: Murad I
Wikipedia
  • Succeeded By: Murad I, Lead section
    He was the son of Orhan Gazi and Nilüfer Hatun. Murad I came to the throne after his elder half-brother Süleyman Pasha's death.
  • Succeeded By: Murad I, Lead section, parentage and accession sentence
    He was the son of Orhan Gazi and Nilüfer Hatun. Murad I came to the throne after his elder half-brother Süleyman Pasha's death.
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