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The Ottoman Turks - Canon Sell
THE OTTOMAN TURKS
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Canon Sell
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Ottoman Turks
I..RISE OF THE EMPIRE
II.THE DECLINE OF THE EMPIRE
THE OTTOMAN TURKS
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BY CANON SELL
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I..RISE OF THE EMPIRE
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AMONGST THE NUMEROUS NOMAD RACES of Central Asia there were two great tribes—the Mongols and the Turks—who in the thirteenth century overran a great part of the Muslim empire and penetrated beyond it. Hulagu Khan captured Baghdad, the seat of the renowned ‘Abbasid Khalifate and the Mongols soon overran the Syrian empire of Saladin, which had come now under the rule of the Mamluk Sultans of Egypt. The Mongols on different occasions made several ineffectual attempts to invade Egypt, and were repulsed by the bravery of the Mamluks; but they entered Europe and advanced as far as Hungary. They were nomads and, as a rule, could not settle down; so after ravaging a country they usually retired from it. For a time, however, they retained possessions in China, and, as the Golden Horde, ruled in the Crimea; but they left no permanent mark on the Muslim empire of the Khalifate; and so we may pass them by.
The other branch of these great nomad barbarians, the Turks, did otherwise. They supplied the Khalifas of Baghdad with mercenary troops who soon became the rulers of their nominal masters. As imported slaves they attained also to royal power in Egypt. They founded a dynasty at Ghazni and captured Khurasan where they created the empire, the Seljuk Turks. Then came the great Mongol invasion under Chengiz Khan driving the Turks further south and west. Their clans under the names of the White and Black Weir (sheep) exercised much influence in the thirteenth century.
The Muslim empire at that time had almost passed away from its old Arab rulers. The Mongols had subdued Persia and advanced to the regions of the Volga and the Ural mountains, whilst Turks ruled in Asia Minor and Turkish Mamluks held Egypt. Against these two Turkish powers the Mongols could do nothing. The Seljuk Sultans of Iconium and the Mamluks of Egypt held their own and remained when all fear of the Mongols had passed away. Amongst the tribes which followed the Seljuks was one which was led by its chief Ertoghul. It so happened that one day Ertoghul was proceeding with a small band of men in the direction of Anatolia, where he unexpectedly came upon a battlefield (Angora) in which the Seljuk Sultan was contending against a strong and determined foe. At once Ertoghul and his four hundred men joined in the conflict and helped to gain a victory for the Seljuks. On another occasion also they rendered valuable military assistance. The Sultan in return for this welcome aid allowed them to settle on land where good pasturage and suitable winter quarters were found. This was in the neighborhood of Angora and not far from the boundaries of the Byzantine province of Bithynia.
In 1258, the year in which Baghdad fell, ‘Uthman, the son of Ertoghul, was born. In due course he asserted his absolute independence, and founded the dynasty of the ‘Uthmanulis, or as they are better known, the Ottoman Turks. With them our history begins. Thirty-five Sultans of the Ottoman Turks have succeeded Ertoghul in the male line without a break.
Ertoghul died in 1288 and ‘Uthman became head of the clan; in the same year Orkhan, son of ‘Uthman, was born. The years of the earlier manhood of ‘Uthman had been peaceable ones, during which he established a reputation for administrative ability and for justness in his rule. In the beginning of the fourteenth century the Seljuk empire which was split up into ten states had begun to fall into decay. Many of its feudatory vassals aspired to independent rule over domains of their own. ‘Uthman remained firm in his allegiance and as a reward, in 1295, the Seljuk Sultan ‘Ala’u’d-din Kaikobad II made him a ruler over a territory he had that year conquered, and presented him with the horse-tail, drum and banner, which were the insignia of independent rule. His name was now inserted in the Friday prayers. The date 1295 may be considered to mark the beginning of the Ottoman empire. Gradually, however, the Ottomans began to absorb the domains of the Seljuks, but the process was not completed till some years after ‘Uthman’s death. When the Seljuk dynasty had become extinct, there was no power left sufficiently strong to curb the ambition of the Ottomans, though the stronger among the ten states which arose out of the Seljuk empire successfully resisted them for a time.
The Ottomans now turned their attention to the easier work of invading the neighboring Christian lands, and the conflict with the Greek emperor began in earnest. The inroads were frequent and each campaign attracted volunteers to ‘Uthman’s service and increased the number of his captives. As the Mongols had so frequently done, he did not after such forays return to a pastoral life, but fortified the places he had captured and so showed his intention of remaining in the newly conquered territory. After years of warfare, the city of Brusa was captured in 1326. ‘Uthman was now in his last illness, but he lived long enough to know that his standard had been [planted in the city he had so long wished to capture, and which now became the capital of his growing kingdom. He was buried within its walls. He was the real founder of the Ottoman empire and each successive Sultan is girded with the sword of ‘Uthman, preserved in Constantinople for that purpose.
‘Uthman was succeeded by his son Orkhan (1326-59). The Christian inhabitants of Brusa
were spared their lives on payment of a ransom of thirty thousand crowns of gold. A mosque and a college were built, and Arabic and Persian scholars of repute were invited to the city which now became the capital of the Ottomans.
‘Uthman had two sons ‘Ala’u’d-din and Orkhan. The latter, though the younger son, became the ruler on account of his martial vigor. Having established