The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire; a history of the Osmanlis up to the death of Bayezid I (1300-1403)
THE FOUNDATION OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
CONQUESTS OF MURAD & BAYEZID
IN THE BALKAN PENINSULA & OF BAYEZID IN ASIA MINOR
A HISTORY OF THE OSMANLIS UP TO THE DEATH OF BAYEZID I (1300-1403) BY HERBERT ADAMS GIBBONS, Ph.D. SOMETIME FELLOW OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1916
Four years of residence in the Ottoman Empire, chiefly in Constantinople, during the most disastrous period of its decline, have led me to investigate its origin. This book is written because I feel that the result of my research brings a new point of view to the student of the twentieth-century problems of the Near East, as well as to those who are interested in fourteenth-century Europe. If we study the past, it is to understand the present and to prepare for the future.
I plead guilty to many footnotes. Much of my text is controversial in character, and the subject-matter is so little known that the general reader would hardly be able to form judgements without a constant—but I trust not wearisome—reference to authorities.
Herbert Adams Gibbons
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1. That Osman was a prince of illustrious birth.
2. That Osman began his career as a vassal of Alaeddin III, Sultan of Iconium, upon whose death, in or about 1300, Osman and nine other Turkish princes divided the inheritance of the Seljucides; that Osman proved more powerful than the other princes, and founded an empire upon the ruins of the Seljucide Empire.
Adana (1)
Aïdin (2)
Akbara (3)
Akridur (4)
Akseraï (5)
Aksheïr (6)
Alaïa (7)
Angora (8)
Ayasoluk (9)
Balikesri (10)
Borlu (11)
Brusa (12)
Caesarea (13)
Denizli (14)
Erzindjian (15)
Fukeh (16)
Gul Hissar (17)
Hamid (18)
Iakshi (19)
Kaouïa (20)
Karamania (21)
Karasar (22)
Karasi (23)
Kastemuni (24)
Keredeh (25)
Kermasti (26)
Kermian (27)
Limnia (28)
Marash (29)
Marmora (30)
Menteshe (31)
Mikhalitch (32)
Nazlu (33)
Nicaea (34)
Palatchia (35)
Sarukhan (36)
Satalia (37)
Sinope (38)
Sivas (39)
Tawas (40)
Tekke (41)
Tokat (42)
Ulubad (43)
INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN STATES
TERRITORIES DEPENDING ON OUTSIDE STATES
CONCLUSION
I. THE LEGENDARY PERIOD
II. IMPORTANT EVENTS IN THE FIRST CENTURY OF OTTOMAN HISTORY
III. PROGRESS OF OTTOMAN CONQUEST UNDER THE FIRST FOUR SOVEREIGNS
IV. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF RULERS
V. THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY IN BYZANTINE HISTORY
VI. RELATIONS BETWEEN VENICE AND GENOA AND THE LEVANT FROM 1300 TO 1403
VII. THE POPES AND THE MOSLEM MENACE IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY
I. CLASSIFIED BIBLIOGRAPHY
II. ALPHABETICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
ANONYMOUS
SERBIAN CHRONICLES
BYZANTINE HISTORIANS
VENETIAN ARCHIVES
