Outline of the Ottoman Empire

Overview of and topical guide to the Ottoman Empire

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Ottoman Empire:

Ottoman Empire – historical Muslim empire that lasted from c. 1299 to 1922. It was also known by its European contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey after the principal ethnic group.[1] At its zenith from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries it controlled Southeast Europe, Southwest Asia and North Africa.

General history

Main periods

Subperiods

Historiography

Structure of the Ottoman Empire

Titles and posts

History of Ottoman-ruled countries

Ottoman Dynasty

The sultans

Some male members of the Ottoman house

Mothers and other women assumed the title Valide Sultan

Some female members of the Ottoman house

  • Hatice Sultan (daughter of Selim I)
  • Mihrimah Sultan (daughter of Suleiman I)
  • Kaya Sultan
  • Hatice Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)
  • Hatice Sultan (daughter of Mustafa III)
  • Esma Sultan (daughter of Abdul Hamid I)
  • Adile Sultan
  • Naile Sultan (daughter of Abdulmejid I)
  • Esma Sultan (daughter of Abdülaziz)
  • Fehime Sultan

Notable people

Some Crimean Khans[2]

Some Grandviziers

Other notable viziers, governors and soldiers

Sea men (Kaptan Pashas)

Architects[5]

Artists (painter and calligrapher)

Musicians

Poets and authors

Men of letters and historians

Scientists (including Astrologist)

Some families

Buildings

Palaces (İstanbul)

Mosques (İstanbul)

Mosques (Elsewhere)

Military

Wars

Croatian–Ottoman Wars

Ottoman Persian Wars

  • War of 1532–1555
  • War of 1578–1590
  • War of 1603–1618
  • War of 1623–1639
  • War of 1730–1735
  • War of 1743–1746
  • War of 1775–1776
  • War of 1821–1823

Ottoman–Venetian Wars

  • Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)
  • The first Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479)
  • The second Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)
  • The third Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540)
  • The fourth Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)
  • The fifth Ottoman–Venetian War or Cretan War (1645–1669)
  • The sixth Ottoman–Venetian War or Morean War (1684–1699)
  • The seventh and last Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)

Polish–Ottoman Wars

  • Moldavian Magnate Wars
  • Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621)
  • Polish–Ottoman War (1633–1634)
  • Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671)
  • Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) (or "2nd Polish–Ottoman War")
  • Polish–Ottoman War (1683–1699) (or "3rd Polish–Ottoman War")

Russo-Turkish War

  • Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)
  • Russo Turkish War (1710)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1735-1739)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

Other wars

Sieges

Battles (before World War 1)

Battles of the First World War

Caucasus Campaign

Mesopotamian campaign

Sinai and Palestine Campaign

Gallipoli Campaign

Treaties

Revolts and notable events

Diplomacy

Lists

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Gabor Agoston & Bruce Masters: Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire, ISBN 081606259-5, p.XXV1
  2. ^ Only vassal khans after 1478
  3. ^ Piri Reis can also be classified within the scientists subsection
  4. ^ Seydi Ali Reis can also be classified within the authors subsection
  5. ^ For Balyan Family see subsection Some families
  6. ^ Factuality of the Ahmet Çelebi and hasan çelebi is disputable

External links

Ottoman Empire at Wikipedia's sister projects
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  • Ottoman Text Archive Project – University of Washington
  • Ottoman Empire in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
  • The Ottoman Empire: Resources – University of Michigan
  • The Ottoman Empire: A Chronological Outline
  • World Civilizations: The Ottomans A comprehensive site that covers much about the Ottoman state and government
  • Ottoman History Podcast An internet radio broadcast dedicated to the history, culture and society of the Ottoman Empire and Middle East
  • Turkish Oral Narrative
  • The Online Bibliography of Ottoman-Turkish Literature A bi-lingual site (English version) presenting a user-submissable database of references to theses, books, articles, papers and research-projects
  • Osmanlı Edebiyatı Çalışmaları Bibliyografyası Veritabanı Turkish version of The Online Bibliography of Ottoman-Turkish Literature
  • Information about Ottomans
  • "Forced population transfers in early Ottoman imperial policy" (PDF). (566 KB) – covers the period 1300–1600
  • The Sakıp Sabancı Collection of Ottoman Calligraphy
  • Ottomans History Blog
  • Turkey in the First World War
  • Ottoman Navy and Navigation
  • Engravings of Ottoman Empire – HQ image gallery Archived 2011-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
  • Ottoman Studies Resources in Internet
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