Osman I

Osman I or Osman Ghazi was the eponymous founder of the Ottoman Empire. While initially a small Turkoman principality during Osman's lifetime, his beylik transformed into a vast empire in the centuries after his death. It existed until 1922 shortly after the end of World War I, when the sultanate was abolished.

Occupation

governor, sultan

Position held

sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Citizenship

Ottoman Empire

Born

August 23, 1258

Died

August 1, 1326