The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Ottoman Empire:
Ottoman Empire – historical Muslim empire that lasted from c. 1299 to 1922. It was also known by its European contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey after the principal ethnic group.Gabor Agoston & Bruce Masters: Encyclopaedia of the Ottoman Empire, , p.XXV1 At its zenith from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries it controlled Southeast Europe, Southwest Asia and North Africa.
General history
Main periods
Rise of the Ottoman Empire Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire Transformation of the Ottoman Empire Territorial evolution of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman ancien régime Decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire Defeat and dissolution of the Ottoman Empire Partition
Subperiods
Ottoman Interregnum Sultanate of Women Köprülü era Tulip period Tanzimat era 1st Constitutional Era 2nd Constitutional Era
Historiography
Ottoman Decline Thesis Ghaza thesis Renegade thesis Historiography of the fall of the Ottoman Empire
Structure of the Ottoman Empire
Economic history of the Ottoman Empire State organization of the Ottoman Empire Social structure in the Ottoman Empire Culture of the Ottoman Empire Science and technology in the Ottoman Empire Ottoman Turkish language Demographics of the Ottoman Empire Religion in the Ottoman Empire Socioeconomics of the Ottoman enlargement era Millet system Ottoman Law Porte Tughra Line of succession to the Ottoman throne Military of the Ottoman Empire Enderun Janissary Sipahi Cebeci Nizam-ı Cedid Army Timar Nöker Ikta Eyalet Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire Sanjak Ağalık Kadılık Salname
Titles and posts
Sultan Grand vizier Vizier Beylerbey Pasha Kazasker Nisanci Defterdar Reisülküttap Lala Aga Sanjak bey
History of Ottoman-ruled countries
Albania Algeria Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Cyprus Egypt Eritrea Greece Hungary Slovakia Iraq Jordan Kosovo Libya North Macedonia Montenegro Palestine Saudi Arabia (Parts of) Serbia Syria Sudan Tunisia Turkey Ukraine Russia Romania
Ottoman Dynasty
The sultans
| Osman I Orhan (Gazi) Murad I (Hüdavendigar) Beyazid I (Yıldırım) Mehmed I (Çelebi) Murad II Mehmed II (Fatih) Bayezid II (Veli) Selim I (Yavuz) Suleiman I (Kanuni) Selim II (Sarı) Murad III Mehmed III Ahmed I Mustafa I Osman II (Genç) Murad IV İbrahim (Deli) | Mehmed IV (Avcı) Suleiman II Ahmed II Mustafa II Ahmed III Mahmud I Osman III Mustafa III Abdulhamid I Selim III Mustafa IV Mahmud II Abdülmecid Abdulaziz Murad V Abdulhamid II Mehmed V Mehmed VI
Some male members of the Ottoman house
Alaeddin Pasha Süleyman Pasha Şehzade Halil Savcı Bey Süleyman Çelebi İsa Çelebi Musa Çelebi Mustafa Çelebi Küçük Mustafa Cem Sultan Şehzade Ahmet Şehzade Korkut Şehzade Mustafa Şehzade Bayezid Yusuf Izzettin Efendi Abdülmecid II
Mothers and other women assumed the title Valide Sultan
Malhun Hatun Nilüfer Hatun Gülçiçek Hatun Devlet Hatun Emine Hatun Hüma Hatun Gülbahar Hatun Sittişah Hatun Gülbahar Hatun Hafsa Sultan Hürrem Sultan Nurbanu Sultan Safiye Sultan Handan Sultan Halime Sultan Mahfiruz Hatun Kösem Sultan Turhan Sultan Aşub Sultan Muazzez Sultan Gülnuş Sultan Saliha Sultan Şehsuvar Sultan Mihrişah Kadın Şermi Kadın Mihrişah Sultan Sineperver Sultan Nakşidil Sultan Bezmiâlem Sultan Pertevniyal Sultan Şevkefza Sultan Tirimüjgan Kadın Gülcemal Kadın Perestu Kadın Gülüstü Hanım
Some female members of the Ottoman house
Hatice Sultan (daughter of Selim I) Mihrimah Sultan (daughter of Suleiman I) Kaya Sultan Hatice Sultan (daughter of Ahmed III) Hatice Sultan (daughter of Mustafa III) Esma Sultan (daughter of Abdul Hamid I) Adile Sultan Naile Sultan (daughter of Abdulmejid I) Esma Sultan (daughter of Abdülaziz) Fehime Sultan
Notable people
Some Crimean Khans
Source:Only vassal khans after 1478
Meñli I Giray Mehmed I Giray Sahib I Giray Devlet I Giray Mehmed IV Giray Islam III Giray Adil Giray Selim I Giray Devlet II Giray Şahin Giray
Some Grandviziers
| Alaeddin Pasha Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha Çandarlı (2nd) Halil Pasha Mahmut Pasha Gedik Ahmet Pasha Hersekli Ahmet Pasha Karamanlı Mehmet Pasha Hadım Sinan Pasha Pargalı İbrahim Pasha Lütfi Pasha Rüstem Pasha Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Şemiz Ahmed Pasha Lala Kara Mustafa Pasha Koca Sinan Pasha Damat İbrahim Pasha Özdemiroğlu Osman Pasha Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha Kuyucu Murat Pasha Öküz Kara Mehmet Pasha Hadım Mehmet Pasha Damat Halil Pasha Gazi Hüsrev Pasha Bayram Pasha Tayyar Mehmet Pasha Kemankeş Mustafa Pasha Sultanzade Mehmet Pasha Nevesinli Salih Pasha Kara Musa Pasha Hezarpare Ahmet Pasha Sofu Mehmet Pasha Kara Dev Murat Pasha Melek Ahmet Pasha Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha Kara Dev Murat Pasha Gazi Hüseyin Pasha | Köprülü Mehmet Pasha Köprülü Fazıl Ahmet Pasha Merzifonlu Kara Mustafa Pasha Abaza Siyavuş Pasha Ayaşlı İsmail Pasha Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Pasha Arabacı Ali Pasha Çalık Ali Pasha Elmas Mehmet Pasha Amcazade Köprülü Hüseyin Pasha Rami Mehmet Pasha Baltacı Mehmet Pasha Çorlulu Ali Pasha Köprülü Numan Pasha Silahtar Ali Pasha Damad Ibrahim Pasha Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha Ivaz Mehmed Pasha Nişancı Ahmet Pasha Yirmisekizzade Mehmet Sait Pasha Koca Ragıp Pasha Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha Alemdar Mustafa Pasha Koca Hüsrev Mehmed Pasha Mehmed Emin Rauf Pasha Mustafa Reshid Pasha Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha Mehmed Fuad Pasha Midhat Pasha Ahmed Vefik Pasha Halil Rifat Pasha Ahmed Tevfik Pasha Mahmud Shevket Pasha Said Halim Pasha Talaat Pasha Ahmed Izzet Pasha Damad Ferid Pasha
Other notable viziers, governors and soldiers
Black Musa Abaza Hasan Pasha Abaza Mehmed Pasha Gazi Evrenos Hacı İlbey Lala Şahin Pasha Zağanos Pasha Tiryaki Hasan Pasha Telli Hasan Pasha Özdemir Pasha Cezzar Ahmet Pasha Ali Pasha Muhammed Ali of Egypt Gazi Osman Pasha Ethem Pasha Ahmet Cemal Enver Pasha Ingiliz Mustafa
Sea men (Kaptan Pashas)
Kemal Reis Piri ReisPiri Reis can also be classified within the scientists subsection Oruç Reis Barbaros Hayrettin Pasha Aydın Reis Turgut Reis Kurtoğlu Muslihiddin Reis Salih Reis Murat Reis the Elder Seydi Ali ReisSeydi Ali Reis can also be classified within the authors subsection Piyale Pasha Kurtoğlu Hızır Reis Müezzinzade Ali Pasha Kılıç Ali Pasha Mezzo Morto Hüseyin Pasha Hasan Rami Pasha
Architects
Source:For Balyan Family see subsection Some families Atik Sinan Mimar Sinan Sedefkar Mehmed Agha Mimar Kasım
Artists (painter and calligrapher)
Ahmed Karahisari Nakkaş Osman Hâfiz Osman Levni Osman Hamdi Bey Şeker Ahmet Paşa Hoca Ali Riza Halil Paşa
Musicians
Hafız Post Buhurizade Itri Hampartsoum Limondjian Dede Efendi Tanburi Büyük Osman Bey Hacı Arif Bey Tatyos Efendi Tamburi Cemil Bey
Poets and authors
Pir Sultan Abdal Fuzûlî Hayâlî Bâkî İncili Çavuş Nef'i Karacaoğlan Neşâtî Nedîm Dadaloğlu İbrahim Şinasi Agah Efendi Namık Kemal Tevfik Fikret Ömer Seyfettin
Men of letters and historians
Aşıkpaşazade İdris-i Bitlisi Matrakçı Nasuh Hoca Sadeddin Efendi Mustafa Âlî Mustafa Selaniki Koçi Bey Katip Çelebi Evliya Çelebi İbrahim Peçevi Mustafa Naima Osman Aga of Timișoara İbrahim Müteferrika Silahdar Findiklili Mehmed Aga Yirmisekiz Mehmed Çelebi Ahmed Resmî Efendi Ahmet Cevdet Pasha Ziya Gökalp
Scientists (including Astrologist)
Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu Ali Kuşçu Orban Takiyuddin Hezârfen Ahmet Çelebi Lagari Hasan ÇelebiFactuality of the Ahmet Çelebi and hasan çelebi is disputable Erzurumlu İbrahim Hakkı Müneccimbaşı Ahmed Dede
Some families
Balyan family Çandarlı Family Köprülü family Levidis family Malkoçoğlu Family
Buildings
Palaces (İstanbul)
Adile Sultan Palace Aynalıkavak Palace Beylerbeyi Palace Çırağan Palace Dolmabahçe Palace Esma Sultan Mansion Hatice Sultan Palace Ihlamur Palace Khedive Palace Küçüksu Palace Maslak Palace Topkapı Palace Yıldız Palace
Mosques (İstanbul)
Atik Ali Pasha Mosque Atik Valide Mosque Beyazıt II Mosque Dolmabahçe Mosque Eyüp Sultan Mosque Fatih Mosque Firuz Ağa Mosque Handan Agha Mosque Kılıç Ali Pasha Mosque Laleli Mosque Mihrimah Mosque Mihrimah Sultan Mosque (Üsküdar) Molla Çelebi Mosque The New Mosque Nuruosmaniye Mosque Nusretiye Mosque Ortaköy Mosque Pertevniyal Mosque Rüstem Pasha Mosque Sinan Pasha Mosque Sokollu Mehmet Pasha Mosque Sultan Ahmet Mosque (Blue Mosque) Süleymaniye Mosque Şehzade Mosque Şemsi Pasha Mosque Teşvikiye Mosque Yavuz Selim Mosque Yeni Valide Mosque Yıldız Hamidiye Mosque Zeynep Sultan Mosque
Mosques (Elsewhere)
Bayezid I Mosque Bursa Grand Mosque İzzet Mehmet Pasha Mosque Murat Paşa Mosque Nasrullah Mosque Old Mosque Omer Pasha Mosque Selimiye Mosque Tekeli Mehmet Paşa Mosque Üç Şerefeli Mosque Ulucami Yeşil Mosque
Military
Wars
Ottoman wars in Europe Ottoman wars in Asia Ottoman wars in Africa
Croatian–Ottoman Wars
Long campaign (1443–1444) Hundred Years' Croatian–Ottoman War (c. 1493 – 1593) Long War (1593–1606) Great Turkish War (1662–1699)
Ottoman Persian Wars
War of 1532–1555 War of 1578–1590 War of 1603–1618 War of 1623–1639 War of 1730–1735 War of 1743–1746 War of 1775–1776 War of 1821–1823
Ottoman–Venetian Wars
Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430) The first Ottoman–Venetian War (1463–1479) The second Ottoman–Venetian War (1499–1503) The third Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540) The fourth Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573) The fifth Ottoman–Venetian War or Cretan War (1645–1669) The sixth Ottoman–Venetian War or Morean War (1684–1699) The seventh and last Ottoman–Venetian War (1714–1718)
Polish–Ottoman Wars
Moldavian Magnate Wars Polish–Ottoman War (1620–1621) Polish–Ottoman War (1633–1634) Polish–Cossack–Tatar War (1666–1671) Polish–Ottoman War (1672–1676) (or "2nd Polish–Ottoman War") Polish–Ottoman War (1683–1699) (or "3rd Polish–Ottoman War")
Russo-Turkish War
Russo-Turkish War (1568–1570) Russo-Turkish War (1676–1681) Russo-Turkish War (1686–1700) Russo Turkish War (1710) Russo-Turkish War (1735-1739) Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
Other wars
Byzantine–Ottoman Wars Ottoman–Persian Wars History of the Serbian–Turkish wars Ottoman–Habsburg wars Indian Ocean campaigns Italian War of 1542–1546 Italo-Turkish War Balkan Wars World War I
Sieges
Bursa (1326) İznik (1331) İzmit (1333) Edirne (1361) Tarnovo (1393) İstanbul (1422) Thessalonica (1422) Svetigrad (1448) İstanbul (1453) Belgrade (1456) Kruje (1478) Rhodes (1480) Otranto (1481) Cairo (1517) Rhodes (1522) Algiers (1529) Vienna (1529) Tunis (1534) Baghdat (1534) Corfu (1537) Diu (1538) Aden (1538) Castelnuovo (1539) Buda (1541) Esztergom (1543) Van (1547) Tripoli (1551) Eger(1552) Oran (1556) Oran (1563) Malta (1565) Szigetvar (1566) Tunis (1574) Baghdad (1638) Candia (1669) Vienna (1683) Belgrade (1739)
Battles (before World War 1)
| Bapheus Dimbos Pelekanon Ihtiman Maritsa Dubrovnica Savra Bileca 1.Kosova Rovine Nicopolis Ankara Varna 2.Kosova Albulena (Ujëbardha) Otlukbeli Vasliu Valea Alba Ekmek Otlak (Câmpul Pâinii) Krbava Zonchio Modon Chaldiran Marj Dabiq Yaunis Khan Ridanieh Mohács Formentera Preveza Algiers Sohoista Ponza Djerbe Lepanto Çıldır Torches Sisak Keresztes Cecora Khotyn (1621) Focchies Dardanelles (1654) Dardanelles (1655) Dardanelles (1656) Dardanelles (1657) Saint Gotthard Khotyn (1673) Vienna 2.Mohács Slankamen Oinousses Islands (Koyun Adaları) Andros Zenta Pruth River Petrovaradin Imbros Matapan | Hisarcık (Grocka) Stavuchany Chesma Larga Kagul Fokşan Rymnik Kaliakra (1791) Pyramids