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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:

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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. At its zenith from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries it controlled Southeast Europe, Southwest Asia and North Africa.

Main periods

  • Rise of the Ottoman Empire
  • Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire
  • Transformation of the Ottoman Empire
  • Ottoman ancien régime
  • Decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire
  • Defeat and dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
  • Partition

    • Subperiods

  • Ottoman Interregnum
  • Sultanate of Women
  • Köprülü era
  • Tulip period
  • Tanzimat era
  • 1st Constitutional Era
  • 2nd Constitutional Era

    • Historiography

  • Ottoman Decline Thesis
  • Gaza 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
  • Reform attempts in the Ottoman Empire
  • Socioeconomics of the Ottoman reformation era
  • 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

  • Sultan
  • Grand vizier
  • Vizier
  • Beylerbey
  • Pasha
  • Kazasker
  • Nisanci
  • Defterdar
  • Reisülküttap
  • Lala
  • Aga
  • Sanjak bey

    • History of Ottoman-ruled countries

  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • Armenia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Bulgaria
  • Cyprus
  • Egypt
  • Eritrea
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Iraq
  • Kosovo
  • Libya
  • Macedonia
  • Montenegro
  • Serbia
  • Syria
  • Tunisia
  • Ukraine

    • Some male members of the Ottoman house

  • Alaeddin Pasha
  • Süleyman Pasha
  • Şehzade Halil
  • Savcı Bey
  • Süleyman Çelebi
  • İsa Çelebi
  • Musa Çelebi
  • Mustafa Çelebi
  • Küçük Mustafa
  • Cem Sultan
  • Şehzade Ahmet
  • Şehzade Korkut
  • Şehzade Mustafa
  • Şehzade Beyazıt
  • Yusuf Izzettin Efendi
  • Abdülmecid II

    • Mothers and other women assumed the title Valide Sultan

  • Mal Hatun
  • Nilüfer Hatun
  • Gülçiçek Hatun
  • Devlet Hatun
  • Emine Hatun
  • Hüma Hatun
  • Emine Gülbahar Hatun
  • Sittişah Hatun
  • Gülbahar Hatun
  • Ayşe Hatun
  • Ayşe Hafsa Sultan
  • Hürrem Sultan
  • Nurbanu Sultan
  • Safiye Sultan
  • Handan Sultan
  • Halime Sultan
  • Mahfiruze Hatice Sultan
  • Mahpeyker Kösem Sultan
  • Turhan Hatice Sultan
  • Saliha Dilasub Sultan
  • Hatice Muazzez Sultan
  • Emetullah Rabia Gülnûş Sultan
  • Saliha Sebkati Sultan
  • Sehsuvar Sultan
  • Emine Mihrişah Kadınefendi
  • Rabia Şermi Kadınefendi
  • Mihrişah Sultan
  • Nükhetsezâ Hanımefendi
  • Ayşe Seniyeperver Sultan
  • Nakşidil Sultan
  • Bezmiâlem Sultan
  • Pertevniyal Sultan
  • Şevkefza Sultan
  • Tirimüjgan Kadınefendi
  • Gülcemal Kadınefendi
  • Rahime Perestu Sultan
  • Gülüstü Kadınefendi

    • Some female members of the Ottoman house

  • Hatice Sultan (daughter of Selim I)
  • Mahidevran
  • Mihrimah Sultana
  • Kaya Sultan
  • Hatice Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III)
  • Hatice Sultan (daughter of Mustafa III)
  • Esma Sultan
  • Adile Sultana
  • Naile Sultan
  • Esma Sultan
  • Fehime Sultan

    • Some Crimean Khans

  • Meñli I Giray
  • Mehmed I Giray
  • Sahib I Giray
  • Devlet I Giray
  • Mehmed IV Giray
  • Islam III Giray
  • Adil Giray
  • Selim I Giray
  • Devlet II Giray
  • Şahin Giray

    • Other notable viziers, governors and soldiers

  • Abaza Hasan Pasha
  • Abaza Mehmed Pasha
  • Gazi Evrenos
  • Hacı İlbey
  • Lala Şahin Pasha
  • Zağanos Pasha
  • Tiryaki Hasan Pasha
  • Telli Hasan Pasha
  • Özdemir Pasha
  • Cezzar Ahmet Pasha
  • Ali Pasha
  • Muhammed Ali of Egypt
  • Gazi Osman Pasha
  • Ethem Pasha
  • Ahmet Cemal
  • Enver Pasha

    • Sea men (Kaptan Pashas)

  • Kemal Reis
  • Piri Reis
  • Oruç Reis
  • Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha
  • Aydın Reis
  • Turgut Reis
  • Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis
  • Salih Reis
  • Murat Reis the Elder
  • Seydi Ali Reis
  • Piyale Pasha
  • Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis
  • Müezzinzade Ali Pasha
  • Kılıç Ali Pasha
  • Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha
  • Hasan Rami Pasha

    • Architects

  • Atik Sinan
  • Mimar Sinan
  • Sedefkar Mehmed Agha
  • Mimar Kasım

    • Artists (painter and calligrapher)

  • Ahmed Karahisari
  • Nakkaş Osman
  • Hâfiz Osman
  • Levni
  • Osman Hamdi Bey
  • Şeker Ahmet Paşa
  • Hoca Ali Riza
  • Halil Paşa

    • Musicians

  • Hafız Post
  • Buhurizade Itri
  • Hampartsoum Limondjian
  • Dede Efendi
  • Tanburi Büyük Osman Bey
  • Hacı Arif Bey
  • Tatyos Efendi
  • Tamburi Cemil Bey

    • Poets and authors

  • Pir Sultan Abdal
  • Fuzûlî
  • Hayâlî
  • Bâkî
  • İncili Çavuş
  • Nef'i
  • Karacaoğlan
  • Neşâtî
  • Nedîm
  • Dadaloğlu
  • İbrahim Şinasi
  • Agah Efendi
  • Namık Kemal
  • Tevfik Fikret
  • Ömer Seyfettin

    • Men of letters and historians

  • Aşıkpaşazade
  • İdris-i Bitlisi
  • Matrakçı Nasuh
  • Hoca Sadeddin Efendi
  • Mustafa Ali
  • Mustafa Selaniki
  • Koçi Bey
  • Katip Çelebi
  • Evliya Çelebi
  • İbrahim Peçevi
  • Mustafa Naima
  • Osman Aga of Timişoara
  • İbrahim Müteferrika
  • Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Aga
  • Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi
  • Ahmed Resmî Efendi
  • Ahmet Cevdet Pasha
  • Ziya Gökalp

    • Scientists (including Astrologist)

  • Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu
  • Ali Kuşçu
  • Orban
  • Takiyuddin
  • Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebi
  • Lagari Hasan Çelebi
  • Erzurumlu İbrahim Hakkı
  • Müneccimbaşı Ahmed Dede

    • Some families

  • Balyan family
  • Çandarlı Family
  • Köprülü family
  • Levidis family
  • Malkoçoğlu Family

    • Palaces (İstanbul)

  • Adile Sultan Palace
  • Aynalıkavak Palace
  • Beylerbeyi Palace
  • Çırağan Palace
  • Dolmabahçe Palace
  • Esma Sultan Mansion
  • Hatice Sultan Palace
  • Ihlamur Palace
  • Khedive Palace
  • Küçüksu Palace
  • Maslak Palace
  • Topkapı Palace
  • Yıldız Palace

    • Mosques (İstanbul)

  • Atik Ali Pasha Mosque
  • Atik Valide Mosque
  • Beyazıt II Mosque
  • Dolmabahçe Mosque
  • Eyüp Sultan Mosque
  • Fatih Mosque
  • Firuz Ağa Mosque
  • Handan Agha Mosque
  • Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque
  • Laleli Mosque
  • Mihrimah Mosque
  • Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar)
  • Molla Çelebi Mosque
  • The New Mosque
  • Nuruosmaniye Mosque
  • Nusretiye Mosque
  • Ortaköy Mosque
  • Pertevniyal Mosque
  • Rüstem Pasha Mosque
  • Sinan Pasha Mosque
  • Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque
  • Sultan Ahmet Mosque (Blue Mosque)
  • Süleymaniye Mosque
  • Şehzade Mosque
  • Şemsi Pasha Mosque
  • Teşvikiye Mosque
  • Yavuz Selim Mosque
  • Yeni Valide Mosque
  • Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque
  • Zeynep Sultan Mosque

    • Mosques (Elsewhere)

  • Bayezid I Mosque
  • Bursa Grand Mosque
  • İzzet Mehmet Pasha Mosque
  • Murat Paşa Mosque
  • Nasrullah Mosque
  • Old Mosque
  • Omer Pasha Mosque
  • Selimiye Mosque
  • Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Mosque
  • Üç Şerefeli Mosque
  • Ulucami
  • Yeşil Mosque

    • Wars

  • Ottoman wars in Europe
  • Ottoman wars in Asia
  • Ottoman wars in Africa

    • Croatian–Ottoman Wars

  • Long campaign (1443–1444)
  • Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War (c. 1493 – 1593)
  • Long War (1593–1606)
  • Great Turkish War (1662–1699)

    • Ottoman Persian Wars

  • War of 1532–1555
  • War of 1578–1590
  • War of 1603–1618
  • War of 1623–1639
  • War of 1730–1735
  • War of 1743–1746
  • War of 1775–1776
  • War of 1821–1823

    • Ottoman–Venetian Wars

  • Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)
  • The first Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479)
  • The second Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503)
  • The third Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540)
  • The fourth Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)
  • The fifth Ottoman–Venetian War or Cretan War (1645–1669)
  • The sixth Ottoman–Venetian War or Morean War (1684–1699)
  • The seventh and last Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)

    • Polish–Ottoman Wars

  • Moldavian Magnate Wars
  • Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621)
  • Polish–Ottoman War (1633–1634)
  • Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671)
  • Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) (or "2nd Polish–Ottoman War")
  • Polish–Ottoman War (1683–1699) (or "3rd Polish–Ottoman War")

    • Russo-Turkish War

  • Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700)
  • Russo Turkish War (1710)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1735-1739)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829)
  • Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

    • Other wars

  • Byzantine–Ottoman Wars
  • Ottoman–Persian Wars
  • History of the Serbian–Turkish wars
  • Ottoman–Habsburg wars
  • Indian Ocean campaigns
  • Italian War of 1542–1546
  • Italo-Turkish War
  • Balkan Wars
  • World War I

    • Sieges

  • Bursa (1326)
  • İznik (1331)
  • İzmit (1333)
  • Edirne (1361)
  • Tarnovo (1393)
  • İstanbul (1422)
  • Thessalonica (1422)
  • Svetigrad (1448)
  • İstanbul (1453)
  • Belgrade (1456)
  • Kruje (1478)
  • Rhodes (1480)
  • Otranto (1481)
  • Cairo (1517)
  • Rhodes (1522)
  • Algiers (1529)
  • Vienna (1529)
  • Tunis (1534)
  • Baghdat (1534)
  • Corfu (1537)
  • Diu (1538)
  • Aden (1538)
  • Castelnuovo (1539)
  • Buda (1541)
  • Esztergom (1543)
  • Van (1547)
  • Tripoli (1551)
  • Eger(1552)
  • Oran (1556)
  • Oran (1563)
  • Malta (1565)
  • Szigetvar (1566)
  • Tunis (1574)
  • Baghdad (1638)
  • Candia (1669)
  • Vienna (1683)
  • Belgrade (1739)

    • Caucasus Campaign

  • Köprüköy (Bergmann)
  • Sarikamis
  • Ardahan
  • Malazgirt (Manzikert)
  • Kara Kilise
  • Erzurum
  • Trabzon
  • Bitlis
  • Erzincan
  • Sardarapat
  • Abaran
  • Karakilisa
  • Baku

    • Mesopotamian campaign

  • Fao– Basra
  • Qurna
  • Es Sinn
  • Ctesiphon
  • 1st Kut
  • Shiekh Sa'ad
  • Wadi
  • Hanna
  • Dujaila
  • 2nd Kut
  • Baghdad
  • Samarrah Offensive
  • Ramadi
  • Khan Baghdadi
  • Sharqat

    • 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

  • Çanakkale deniz (Naval operations)
  • Arıburnu (Anzac Cove)
  • Helles
  • 1.Kirte (Krithia)
  • 2.Kirte (Krithia)
  • 3.Kirte (Krithia)
  • Kumkale
  • Sığındere (Gully Ravine)
  • Anafartalar (Sari Bair)
  • Kirte Bağları (Krithia Vineyard)
  • Kanlısırt (Lone Pine)
  • Suvla
  • Kılışbayır (The Nek)
  • Conk Bayırı (Chunuk Bair)
  • Yusufçuk Tepe (Scimitar Hill)
  • Hill 60

    • Revolts and notable events

  • Sheikh Bedrettin
  • Şahkulu
  • Jelali revolts
  • Beylerbeyi Event
  • Abaza rebellion
  • Atmeydanı Incident
  • Çınar Incident
  • Edirne event
  • Patrona Halil
  • Kabakçı Mustafa
  • Charter of Alliance
  • The Auspicious Incident
  • Serbian revolt
  • Greek revolt
  • Bulgarian revolt
  • Arab revolt
  • Atçalı Kel Mehmet
  • 31 March Incident
  • Babıali raid

    • Diplomacy

  • French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
  • Polish Jagiellon ambassadors to Turkey

    • Lists

  • List of the Ottoman battles in which the sultan participated
  • List of wars involving the Ottoman Empire
  • Ottoman wars in Europe
  • List of Ottoman sieges and landings
  • List of cities conquered by the Ottoman Empire
  • Campaigns of Suleiman the Magnificent
  • List of campaigns of Mehmed the Conqueror
  • Mosques commissioned by the Ottoman dynasty
  • List of Ottoman titles and appellations
  • Ports of the Ottoman Empire

    • References

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