Ottoman Empire: Who was Ertugrul ? Dirili Ertugrul ?

Prime Minister Imran Khan

A Turkish drama called Ertugrul Ghazi is being aired in Urdu on Pakistan Television.

But before dubbing in Urdu Language , that drama was so popular in Pakistan.

Prime Minister Imran Khan is considered among its fans who have praised the ‘Islamic civilization’ shown in it.

According to Ottoman tradition.

Ertugrul was the father of Uthman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire.

In addition.

there is a lack of factual information about them.

Resurrection: Ertugrul

The beginnings of this family and empire, which ruled a large part of the world for centuries, are lost in the mists of history.

Ottoman tradition.

The history books mention two concrete signs of the period (a coin and an inscription by a historian of the Byzantine Empire) and a dream of ‘Uthman.

Ottoman Empire: Who was Ertugrul.

What is certain is that Uthman belonged to a nomadic tribe living in what is now Anatolia.

Turkey, and his government was one of dozens of smaller Anatolian governments that did not differ much in power.

The question arises as to what ultimately Uthman or his father did that only the dynasty of this family .

Spread from tribe to small state and formation of large empire Anatolia.

Spread over three continents and became caliphate.

The Ottoman Empire was founded in the early 14th century and ended in the 20th century.

Mean while 37 sultans belonging same family of the throne.

According to the historian no less than a miracle for a family to rule so long.

Historian Caroline Finkel writes in her book, The Dream of the Ottomans: The Story of the Ottoman Empire.

Whatever the reasons for the Ottoman success, their The two-century-long war with its neighbors was fierce.

Ottoman Empire

Ottoman tradition about Ertugrul The historian Stanford J. Shaw, in his book The History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey, writes of the same tradition.

The beginning of the Ottoman Empire has always been an important question for students of history.

It is difficult to say with certainty .

Because contradiction traditions written in later periods.

He narrated the same famous tradition that the ancestor of the Ottomans was Amjad Salman Shah.

Who was the chief of the Qai tribe and settled in an area of ​​northern Iran at the end of the 12th century.

Ottoman Empire.

Who was Ertugrul.

According to tradition view of the Mongol invasions this tribe like many other Turkish tribes moved to new territories to escape slavery .

Destruction, and according to Jaisha, Salman Shah is believed to have drowned in the Euphrates River as he entered Syria.

Dirili Ertugrul

Ertugrul on the other hand, continued his journey to the west and entered the territory of Anatolia.

Where the Seljuk rulers, in return for their help, gave him land in the western part of Anatolia.

According to this tradition in J. Shah’s book.

Ertugrul died in 1280 and the leadership of the tribe passed to his son Usman. Finkel writes that according to Ottoman tradition.

A tribal chief named Ertugrul came to northwestern Anatolia and settled in the area between the Seljuk and Byzantine empires, and according to this tradition.

Seljuk sultan gave Ertugrul some territory in Sogat. What did Ertugrul has to do with Uthman?

The life of a group of Turkic nomads becomes difficult .

When Ertugrul Rescues.

a Family from some knights and brings Them to Their Tribe without knowing their true identity.

A 13th-century Turkish warrior agrees to fight the enemies of a sultan in exchange for land after a good deed endangers his clan.