- Ertuğrul
"This article is about the Ottoman leader" Ertuğrul. "For the Ottoman frigate, see" "
Ertuğrul (Ottoman frigate) ". Ertuğrul ( _ot. ارطغرل), also Ertoğrul (with title Ertuğrul Gazi (Ertuğrul the arbitrator)), (1198 – 1281) was the father ofOsman I , the founder of theOttoman Empire . Ertuğrul Gazi was the leader of the Kayı clan of theOghuz Turk s.Biography
In 1227, he inherited the command of the
Kayı tribe of the Oghuz Turks following the drowning of his father,Süleyman Shah , in the riverEuphrates , fleeing from the Mongol onslaught. Ertuğrul was given the lands ofKaraca Dağ , a mountain near Angora (nowAnkara ), by Ala ad-Din Kay Qubadh I, the SeljukSultan of Rum. Later, he was also given the village of Söğüt, where was conquered in 1231 by him, with the surrounding lands. That village became the Ottoman capital in 1299 under Ertuğrul's son Osman I.Like his son and descendants, Ertuğrul is often referred to as a "
Ghazi ," a champion fighter for the cause ofIslam .In the 19th century, the
Ottoman Navy frigate "Ertuğrul" was named in his honor.References
* [http://www.osmanli700.gen.tr/english/individuals/e4.html Biography of Ertuğrul] Retrieved on
2008-07-23 .
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