The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire; a history of the Osmanlis up to the death of Bayezid I (1300-1403)

by Herbert Adams Gibbons

I.	Approximate Dates in the Legendary Period.
II.	Important Events in the First Century of Ottoman History.
III.	Progress of Ottoman Congress 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. THE LEGENDARY PERIOD

1219—Soleiman Shah, with 50,000 nomad Turkish families, settles in neighbourhood of Erzindjian.

1224—Soleiman Shah is drowned in the Euphrates. Ertogrul and Dundar, two of his sons, settle near Angora.

1230-40—Ertogrul establishes himself in the valley of the Kara Su, north-west of Kutayia.

1259—Osman is born at Sugut.

1289—Ertogrul dies.

Osman captures Karadja Hissar and Biledjik.

1290—Osman kills his uncle Dundar.

1290-9—Osman, having extended his possessions westward, founds an emirate, and takes up his residence at Yeni Sheïr.