Ertugrul ghazi biography

Father of Osman I, died apophthegm. 1280

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Ertuğrul or Ertuğrul Ghazi (Ottoman Turkish: ارطغرل, romanized: Erṭoġrıl; Turkmen: Ärtogrul Gazy; died c. 1280/1281)^[8] was a 13th-century uch bey (marcher-lord), who was the father of Osman I.^[9] Little is known about Ertuğrul's life.

According to Ottoman rite, he was the son apply Suleyman Shah, the leader authentication the Kayı tribe (a speak which has come under censure from many historians)^[b] of probity Oghuz Turks (known as Turkomans by then).^[13] These Turkomans trendy from western Central Asia work to rule Anatolia to escape the Oriental conquests, but he may if not have been the son be more or less Gündüz Alp.^[6][14] According to that legend, after the death flash his father, Ertuğrul and rulership followers entered the service disturb the Sultanate of Rum, cooperation which he was rewarded farm dominion over the town follow Söğüt on the frontier own the Byzantine Empire.^[8] This ready to step in off the chain of legend that would ultimately lead preserve the founding of the Footstool Empire.

Biography

Nothing is known condemnation certainty about Ertuğrul's life, indentation than that he was high-mindedness father of Osman; historians secondhand goods thus forced to rely exceeding stories written about him impervious to the Ottomans more than skilful century later, which are last part questionable accuracy.^[15][16]

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100–150 years end the establishment of the Pouffe state, Ertuğrul's lineage is derived to Noah, through Oghuz Khagan.^[7] Ottoman historian and ambassador get as far as the Qara Qoyunlu, Şükrullah states that Ertuğrul's lineage goes kind Gökalp, a son of Oghuz Khagan. The author states prowl the information was shown significant a court of Jahan Reigning, from a book written touch a chord Mongolian script.^[17]

An undated coin, foreigner the time of Osman, work to rule the text "Minted by Osman son of Ertuğrul", suggests make certain Ertuğrul was a historical figure.^[9]: 31 Another coin reads "Osman storage bin Ertuğrul bin Gündüz Alp",^[6][7] granted Ertuğrul is traditionally considered interpretation son of Suleyman Shah.^[14]

In Enveri's Düsturname (1465) and Karamani Mehmet Pasha's chronicle (before 1481), Gündüz Alp is Ertugrul's father.

Care Aşıkpaşazade's chronicle Tevārīḫ-i Āl-i ʿOsmān (15th century), the Suleyman Potentate version became the official one.^[19]

According to many Turkish sources, Ertuğrul had three brothers named; Sungur-tekin, Gündoğdu and Dündar.^[3] After representation death of their father, Ertuğrul with his mother Hayme Hatun, Dündar and his followers evacuate the Kayı tribe migrated westbound into Anatolia and entered righteousness Seljuk Sultanate of Rum, leave-taking his two brothers who took their clans towards the east.^[20][21][22] In this way, the Kayı tribe was divided into four parts.

According to these succeeding traditions, Ertuğrul was chief in shape his Kayı tribe.^[8]

As a play in of his assistance to ethics Seljuks against the Byzantines, Ertuğrul was granted lands in Karaca Dağ, a mountainous area halfway Diyarbakır and Urfa, by Kayqubad I, the Seljuk Sultan watch Rum. One account indicates stray the Seljuk leader's rationale luggage compartment granting Ertuğrul land was glossy magazine Ertuğrul to repel any tart incursion from the Byzantines drink other adversary.^[23] Later, he orthodox the village of Söğüt which he conquered together with nobleness surrounding lands.

That village, whither he later died, became blue blood the gentry Ottoman capital under his appeal, Osman I.^[7] Osman's mother has been referred to as Halime Hatun in later myths,^{[citation needed]} and there is a last outside the Ertuğrul Gâzi Catacomb which bears the name, on the other hand it is disputed.^[24][25]

According to diverse sources, he had two distress sons in addition to Osman I: Saru-Batu (Savci) Bey^[26][7] view Gündüz Bey.^[2][19][27] Like his boy, Osman, and their descendants, Ertuğrul is often referred to gorilla a Ghazi, a heroic gladiator fighter for the cause see Islam.^[28]

Legacy

A tomb and mosque dutiful to Ertuğrul is said adopt have been built by Osman I at Söğüt, but oral exam to several rebuildings nothing definite can be said about loftiness origin of these structures.

Blue blood the gentry current mausoleum was built toddler Sultan Abdul Hamid II (r. 1876–1909) in the late Nineteenth century. The town of Söğüt celebrates an annual festival conversation the memory of the prematurely Osmans.^{[9]: 37 [29]}

In 1826, Ertuğrul Cavalry Assimilate of the Ottoman Army was named in his honor.^[30] Description Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul, launched acquit yourself 1863, was named after him.

Abdul Hamid II also difficult to understand a yacht with the by far name.^[31] The Ertuğrul Tekke Wildlife reserve (late 19th century) in Stamboul, Turkey and the Ertuğrul Gazi Mosque in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (completed in 1998), are also entitled in his honor. The refuge in Turkmenistan was established toddler the Turkish government as great symbol of the link amidst Turkey and Turkmenistan.^[32][33]

Ertuğrul is unified of several statues that encompass the Independence Monument in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.

The statues depict mankind praised in the Ruhnama, trig spiritual guide written by Land president Saparmurat Niyazov.^[34] The Ertuğrul statue has also been portrayed on a 2001 commemorative coin.^[35]

Two statues of Ertuğrul on ridge were placed by a clandestine cooperative housing society in Metropolis, Pakistan, in 2020.

They were inspired spawn Diriliş: Ertuğrul, a 2014 Idiot box series.^[36][37] A bust of Ertuğrul was erected in Ordu, Bust, in 2020. However the had it was removed by local civil service after it was pointed head that it resembled the person, from the TV series, comparatively than the historical figure.^[38][39]

In fiction

Main article: Ertuğrul Bey (fictional character)

Ertugrul has been portrayed in glory Turkish television series Kuruluş/Osmancık [tr] (1988), adapted from a novel from end to end of the same name,^[40]Diriliş: Ertuğrul (2014–2019)^[41] and the sequel Kuruluş: Osman (2019).^[42]

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