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

Main periods

Subperiods

Historiography

Ottoman Decline Thesis
Ghaza thesis
Renegade thesis
Historiography of the fall of the Ottoman Empire

Structure of the Ottoman Empire

Titles and posts

History of Ottoman-ruled countries

Ottoman Dynasty

The sultans

Osman I
Orhan (Gazi)
Murad I (Hüdavendigar)
Beyazid I (Yıldırım)
Mehmed I (Çelebi)
Murad II
Mehmed II (Fatih)
Bayezid II (Veli)
Selim I (Yavuz)
Suleiman I (Kanuni)
Selim II (Sarı)
Murad III
Mehmed III
Ahmed I
Mustafa I
Osman II (Genç)
Murad IV
İbrahim (Deli)

Some male members of the Ottoman house

Mothers and other women assumed the title Valide Sultan

Some female members of the Ottoman house

Notable people

Some Crimean Khans^[2]

Some Grandviziers

Other notable viziers, governors and soldiers

Sea men (Kaptan Pashas)

Architects^[5]

Artists (painter and calligrapher)

Musicians

Poets and authors

Men of letters and historians

Scientists (including Astrologist)

Some families

Buildings

Palaces (İstanbul)

Mosques (İstanbul)

Mosques (Elsewhere)

Military

Wars

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

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

Other wars

Sieges

Battles (before World War 1)

Battles of the First World War

Caucasus Campaign

Mesopotamian campaign

Sinai and Palestine Campaign

Gallipoli Campaign

Treaties

Revolts and notable events

Diplomacy

Lists

Notes

^ Gabor Agoston & Bruce Masters: Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire, ISBN 081606259-5, p.XXV1
^ Only vassal khans after 1478
^ Piri Reis can also be classified within the scientists subsection
^ Seydi Ali Reis can also be classified within the authors subsection
^ For Balyan Family see subsection Some families
^ Factuality of the Ahmet Çelebi and hasan çelebi is disputable

External links

Ottoman Text Archive Project – University of Washington
Ottoman Empire in The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
The Ottoman Empire: Resources – University of Michigan
The Ottoman Empire: A Chronological Outline
World Civilizations: The Ottomans A comprehensive site that covers much about the Ottoman state and government
Ottoman History Podcast An internet radio broadcast dedicated to the history, culture and society of the Ottoman Empire and Middle East
Turkish Oral Narrative
The Online Bibliography of Ottoman-Turkish Literature A bi-lingual site (English version) presenting a user-submissable database of references to theses, books, articles, papers and research-projects
Osmanlı Edebiyatı Çalışmaları Bibliyografyası Veritabanı Turkish version of The Online Bibliography of Ottoman-Turkish Literature
Information about Ottomans
"Forced population transfers in early Ottoman imperial policy" (PDF). (566 KB) – covers the period 1300–1600
The Sakıp Sabancı Collection of Ottoman Calligraphy
Ottomans History Blog
Turkey in the First World War
Ottoman Navy and Navigation
Engravings of Ottoman Empire – HQ image gallery Archived 2011-11-05 at the Wayback Machine
Ottoman Studies Resources in Internet

[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