Outline of the Ottoman Empire

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

The Ottoman Empire was a 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 articles: Ottoman Empire, Timeline of the Ottoman Empire, and Timeline of Turkish history

Main periods[]

Subperiods[]

Historiography[]

  • Ottoman Decline Thesis
  • Historiography of the fall of the Ottoman Empire

Structure of the Ottoman Empire[]

  • Economic history of the Ottoman Empire
  • State organization of the Ottoman Empire
  • Social structure in the Ottoman Empire
  • Culture of the Ottoman Empire
  • Science and technology in the Ottoman Empire
  • Ottoman Turkish language
  • Demographics of the Ottoman Empire
  • Religion in the Ottoman Empire
  • Socioeconomics of the Ottoman enlargement era
  • Millet system
  • Ottoman Law
  • Porte
  • Tughra
  • Line of succession to the Ottoman throne
  • Military of the Ottoman Empire
  • Enderun
  • Jannisary
  • Sipahi
  • Cebeci
  • Nizam-ı Cedid Army
  • Timar
  • Nöker
  • Ikta
  • Eyalet
  • Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire
  • Sanjak
  • Ağalık
  • Kadılık
  • Salname

Titles and posts[]

Main article: List of Ottoman titles and appellations
  • Sultan
  • Grand vizier
  • Vizier
  • Beylerbey
  • Pasha
  • Kazasker
  • Nisanci
  • Defterdar
  • Reisülküttap
  • Lala
  • Aga
  • Sanjak bey

History of Ottoman-ruled countries[]

  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Egypt
  • Eritrea
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Slovakia
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Kosovo
  • Libya
  • Macedonia
  • Montenegro
  • Palestine (Including Israel (q.v.))
  • Serbia
  • Syria
  • Sudan
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine

Ottoman Dynasty[]

Main articles: Ottoman Dynasty and Ottoman family tree

The sultans[]

Main article: List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire

Some male members of the Ottoman house[]

Mothers and other women assumed the title Valide Sultan[]

Main articles: List of the mothers of the Ottoman Sultans and List of Valide Sultans

Some female members of the Ottoman house[]

Notable people[]

Some Crimean Khans[2][]

Main article: List of Crimean khans

Some Grandviziers[]

Main article: List of Ottoman Grand Viziers

Other notable viziers, governors and soldiers[]

Sea men (Kaptan Pashas)[]

Main article: List of admirals in the Ottoman Empire

Architects[5][]

Artists (painter and calligrapher)[]

Musicians[]

Poets and authors[]

Men of letters and historians[]

Scientists (including Astrologist)[]

Some families[]

Buildings[]

Palaces (İstanbul)[]

Main article: Ottoman palaces in Istanbul

Mosques (İstanbul)[]

Mosques (Elsewhere)[]

Military[]

Wars[]

Croatian–Ottoman Wars[]

Main article: Croatian–Ottoman Wars

Ottoman Persian Wars[]

Ottoman–Venetian Wars[]

Polish–Ottoman Wars[]

Russo-Turkish War[]

Main article: Russo-Turkish Wars

Other wars[]

Sieges[]

Main article: List of the cities besieged by the Ottoman Empire

Battles (before World War 1)[]

Main articles: List of battles involving the Ottoman Empire and List of the Ottoman battles in which the sultan participated

Battles of the First World War[]

Caucasus Campaign[]

Main article: Caucasus Campaign

Mesopotamian campaign[]

Main article: Mesopotamian campaign

Sinai and Palestine Campaign[]

Main article: Sinai and Palestine Campaign
  • Kanal (Suez)
  • Romani
  • Magdhaba
  • Refah (Rafa)
  • 1st Gaza
  • 2nd Gaza
  • El Buggar
  • Birüşebi (Beersheba)
  • 3rd Gaza
  • Mughar Ridge
  • Kudüs(Jerusalem)
  • Abu Tellul
  • Megiddo

Gallipoli Campaign[]

Main article: Gallipoli Campaign

Treaties[]

Main article: List of treaties of the Ottoman Empire

Revolts and notable events[]

Main article: Rebellions in the Ottoman Empire

Diplomacy[]

Lists[]

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

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