The rise of the Ottoman Empire - Mostafa Minawi

The rise of the Ottoman Empire - Mostafa Minawi ottoman empire The Ottoman state based its authority on religion The first warrior-sultans expanded the empire in the name of Islam Sultans claimed the title of caliph, or empire777 After conquering the Hijaz from the Mamluks and establishing themselves as the custodians of the Islamic holy sites of Makka and Madina, the Ottoman Empire

empire777 In the late 13th century, Osman I established a small principality sandwiched between a crumbling Byzantine Empire and a weakened Sultanate of the Seljuk of

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