Osman Ibn Ertugrul Ibn Suleiman Shah

Osman Ibn Ertugrul Ibn Suleiman Shah

Osman I

With the fall of the Abbasid Caliphate, and the Mongol attack on Baghdad led by Hulagu, the birth of Othman bin Ertugrul bin Suleiman Shah in 656 AH, who's credited with establishing the Ottoman Empire; Where Osman I was the first of the Ottoman sultans, and he failed in 726 AH, and his son Orkhan entered the leadership of the Ottoman Empire

its parenting

The emergence of Othman I was during times of weakness of the Islamic state, and the compulsion of its adversaries against it, so Othman grew up in this turbulent atmosphere through the loss of the caliphate, and the demise of the prestige of Muslims, as his eyes opened to the presence of the Zealots near by through the borders of his lineage and their hostility to them, and all of this had the topmost impact on Othman’s jihad in love And his great faith, and his desire to restore the glories of the Islamic nation, and vengeance through its adversaries, just as Othman was pious to his father, Ertugrul bin Suleiman Shah, in his jihad and his fight against the Zealots, and he was committed to Sheikh Eddah Bali Al-Qarmani, one of the righteous sheikhs

his marriage

Othman I married the son of Sheikh Eddah Bali Al-Qarmali, who was with him, and that was after Othman recited his dreams to him; If he saw in a dream as if a moon came out through the blood of his sheikh, Ed Bali al-Qarmali, and entered into his blood, and also he saw a great tree growing across his reverse and rising to the sky, and beneath this tree gutters and mountains, and he also saw that the leaves of this tree turned into brands heading towards Constantinople. The marriage of his son through Uthman, where he was glad of this vision and sermonized to Uthman that he and his descendants are supposed to rule the world and inherit the earth

Launching of the Ottoman Empire

After the death of Ertuğrul in 687 AH, Osman I took over the leadership of the affairs of the lineage, and sought to expand its effects; Where he was suitable in the time 688 AH by adding the Black Castle (Qarat Hasa Castle) to his emirate, and this is what pleased Sultan Aladdin, who allowed him to strike the currency in it, and gave him all the lands belonging to this castle, and Othman was suitable to reach the rule of the state after the death of Aladdin, who He fled to the emperor of Byzantium, and also failed in the same time, and it's believed that he was killed by the Mongols, also his son Ghiyas announcement-Din took over the rule after him, but he was killed by the Mongols as well. Othman in the expansion of the state; He besieged all of them through Izmit (Izmid) and Nicaea (Iznik), but he didn't succeed in conquering them at that time

In the time 699 AH, the Ottoman Empire was established, and Othman I made the megacity (Yenisehir) as a base for his state, and it had a banner which is the current Turkish banner (they are Turkish), and he also called himself Padishah Al Othman, and Othman was suitable to enter Bursa in the time 717 AH. And he was good to its people and made them safe, as Afrinus, the sovereign of Bursa, embraced Islam, and came through the prominent leaders of the Ottoman Empire, as Othman invited the Roman tycoons to Islam, but they refused and sought the help of the Mongols to fight him

Othman I established the Ottoman Empire on adherence to Islamic law in all matters, small and large, as he instructed his son to rule with verity, and to cleave to what God commanded in all his affairs and conduct. On the base of shura in governance, and this was also clear in his will to his son to make the Shura Council through scholars, following the illustration of the Messenger, peace and blessings be upon him

Osman's leadership rates

Othman I had distinctive leadership rates, which made him a military leader, and these rates are

. -His wisdom that he showed in numerous situations, as this particularity was manifested when he decided to support Sultan Aladdin against the Christians, and he was probative of him in his vanquishing, and he was suitable to gain the emirate through the Sultan

devotion to religion; As a result he was supported by the occupants of the lands hard through his principality; To consolidate the foundations of the Islamic state during the period in which he was establishing it

His tolerance, which was easily apparent in his attachment in his vanquishing of citadels and the country; Where he was suitable to open the fort of Lafka, and the fort of Kittah, and in the time 712 AH he was suitable to open the fort of Kabuh, and the opening of Brusa was one of the most prominent situations that indicated his tolerance; It took numerous times to conquer it, but in the end it succumbed to Uthman after the rendition of its leader

-His faith appeal that appeared during his dealings with the leader of Prussia (Acrinus), who converted to Islam and came a prominent leader in the Ottoman Empire, and his faith humanity had a great impact on the hearts of the Intricate leaders; Where numerous of them embraced Islam and entered the species of the Banquettes

-His justice, which appeared in numerous situations, and this specific was easily manifested when he took over the reign of his father, Ertugrul in the megacity of Qarajah, and Osman was just with his subjects, as well as with the countries he conquered

-his commitment to covenants; Othman was faithful to his pledges, and this was apparent when he committed to his covenant with the Emir of Ulubad Castle, when he surrendered to the Banquettes and requested that no bone pass through the Ottoman Muslims to the castle over the ground, and this is what Othman and his dogfaces did, as they stuck to this covenant

His detachment from God in his vanquishing; As he didn't make his conduct and vanquishing to achieve any service or profitable interests, but rather was to spread the religion of God, and to convey his call

His courage, which was used as an illustration by the Banquettes; He was sharing in the wars himself, and this was apparent when he brazened the Zealots when they confederated themselves to fight him in the time 700 AH