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Osman I

August 23, 1258 – August 1, 1326

founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)

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Osman I or Osman Ghazi was the eponymous founder of the Ottoman Empire. While initially a small Turkoman principality during Osman's lifetime, his beylik transformed into a vast empire in the centuries after his death. It existed until 1922 shortly after the end of World War I, when the sultanate was abolished.

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  • Birthday · August 23
  • Anniversary · August 1

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