Ottoman Conquest of the Anatolian Beyliks (1299–1425)

1. Osman’s frontier principality emerges in Bithynia

   Jan 1, 1299Labels: Osman I, Bithynia

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   • Britannica

2. Ottomans defeat Byzantines at Bapheus

   Jul 27, 1302Labels: Battle of, Osman I

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   • Bapheus

3. Bursa captured and becomes Ottoman capital

   Apr 6, 1326Labels: Bursa, Orhan

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4. Orhan annexes the Karasi beylik

   Jan 1, 1336Labels: Karasi, Orhan

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5. Ottomans seize Gallipoli bridgehead into Europe

   Mar 1, 1354Labels: Gallipoli, Dardanelles

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6. Ottomans acquire Germiyan territory by marriage dowry

   Jan 1, 1381Labels: Germiyan, Bayezid I

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7. Bayezid I annexes western beyliks in one campaign

   Jan 1, 1390Labels: Bayezid I, Western Beyliks

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   • Junayd

8. Ottomans absorb the Hamidid beylik

   Jan 1, 1391Labels: Hamidids, E irdir

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9. Ottoman Interregnum begins after Bayezid’s defeat

   Jan 1, 1402Labels: Ottoman Interregnum, Bayezid I

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10. Battle of Ankara disrupts Ottoman control in Anatolia

    Jul 20, 1402Labels: Battle of, Timur

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11. Mehmed I reunifies the Ottoman state

    Jul 5, 1413Labels: Mehmed I, Battle of

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12. Murad II moves against Menteshe and Aydın

    Jan 1, 1424Labels: Murad II, Menteshe

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13. Junayd of Aydın executed; Aydın annexed permanently

    Jan 1, 1425Labels: Junayd of, Ayd n

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14. Germiyan absorbed through Yakub II’s bequest

    Jan 1, 1429Labels: Germiyan, Yakub II

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