Osman I

Osman I or Osman Gazi (Ottoman Turkish: عثمان غازى, romanized: ʿOsmān Ġāzī; Turkish: I. Osman or Osman Gazi; died 1323/4)^[4][1][a] was the founder of the Ottoman Empire (first known as the Ottoman Beylik or Emirate). While initially a small Turkoman^[5] principality during Osman's lifetime, his beylik transformed into a world empire in the centuries after his death.^[6] It existed until shortly after the end of World War I.

Osman I
Gazi Bey
An Ottoman miniature depicting Osman, c. 1580
Uch Bey of the Sultanate of Rum
Reign	c. 1280 – c. 1299
Predecessor	Ertuğrul
Successor	Office disestablished
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Reign	c. 1299 – 1323/4
Predecessor	Office established
Successor	Orhan
Born	Unknown
Died	1323/4[1] (age 68–70) Bursa, Ottoman Beylik
Burial	Tomb of Osman Gazi, Osmangazi, Bursa Province, Turkey
Spouse	Malhun Hatun Rabia Bala Hatun
Issue	Orhan I Alaeddin Pasha Others
Full name Osman bin Ertuğrul bin Gündüz Alp[2] عثمان بن ارطغرل بن گندز الپ OR Osman bin Ertuğrul bin Suleyman Shah عثمان بن ارطغرل بن سلیمان شاہ
Dynasty	Ottoman dynasty
Father	Ertuğrul
Mother	Unknown[3]
Religion	Sunni Islam

Notes

1. Sometimes transliterated archaically as Othman.