Outline of 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 edit

Main periods edit

Subperiods edit

Historiography edit

Structure of the Ottoman Empire edit

Titles and posts edit

History of Ottoman-ruled countries edit

Ottoman Dynasty edit

The sultans edit

Some male members of the Ottoman house edit

Mothers and other women assumed the title Valide Sultan edit

Some female members of the Ottoman house edit

Notable people edit

Some Crimean Khans[2] edit

Some Grandviziers edit

Other notable viziers, governors and soldiers edit

Sea men (Kaptan Pashas) edit

Architects[5] edit

Artists (painter and calligrapher) edit

Musicians edit

Poets and authors edit

Men of letters and historians edit

Scientists (including Astrologist) edit

Some families edit

Buildings edit

Palaces (İstanbul) edit

Mosques (İstanbul) edit

Mosques (Elsewhere) edit

Military edit

Wars edit

Croatian–Ottoman Wars edit

Ottoman Persian Wars edit

Ottoman–Venetian Wars edit

Polish–Ottoman Wars edit

Russo-Turkish War edit

Other wars edit

Sieges edit

Battles (before World War 1) edit

Battles of the First World War edit

Caucasus Campaign edit

Mesopotamian campaign edit

Sinai and Palestine Campaign edit

Gallipoli Campaign edit

Treaties edit

Revolts and notable events edit

Diplomacy edit

Lists edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  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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