Open index page

ALPHABETICAL
SEARCH


Case sensitive

CONTENT


 INDEX


ATLAS

GENERAL
Contact us

About LookLex

Join us

Use of photos/ articles/ maps

Privacy
WEB SITES

Learn Arabic

Ottoman Empire:
Rulers


CONTENT

INTRODUCTION   1. Organization   2. Demography and Culture   3. Rise and Fall: Explanations   4. History   5. Table of Beys/Sultans



Year CEYear HijraThe Bey's/Sultan's official name
Ottoman beys/sultans
1281-ca. 1324680-ca. 724Osman 1
ca. 1324-60ca. 724-61Orhan
1360-89761-91Murad 1
1389-1403791-805Bayezid 1 Yildirim
1403-21805-24Mehmed 1 Çelebi (different parts of the country are ruled by some of his brothers)
1421-44824-48Murad 2
*came back in power 2 years later, see below
1444-46848-50Mehmed 2 Fatih
*came back in power 5 years later, see below
1446-51850-55Murad 2
*was in power 2 years earlier, see above
1451-81855-86Mehmed 2 Fatih
*was in power 5 years earlier, see above
1481-1512886-918Bayezid 2
1512-20918-26Selim 1 Yavuz
1520-66926-74Süleyman 1 Kanuni
1566-74974-82Selim 2
1574-95982-1003Murad 3
1595-16031003-12Mehmed 3
1603-171012-26Ahmed 1
1617-181026-27Mustafa 1
*came back in power 4 years later, see below
1618-221027-31Osman 2
1622-231031-32Mustafa 1
*was in power 4 years earlier, see above
1623-401032-49Murad 4
1640-481049-58Ibrahim
1648-871058-99Mehmed 4
1687-911099-1102Süleyman 2
1691-951102-06Ahmed 2
1695-17031106-15Mustafa 2
1703-301115-43Ahmed 3
1730-541143-68Mahmud 1
1754-571168-71Osman 3
1757-741171-87Mustafa 3
1774-891187-1203Abdülhamid 1
1789-18071203-22Selim 3
1807-081222-23Mustafa 4
1808-391223-55Mahmud 2
1839-611255-77Abdülmecid 1
1861-761277-93Abdülaziz
18761293Murad 5
1876-19091293-1327Abdülhamid 2
1909-181327-36Mehmed 5 Resat
1918-221336-41Mehmed 6 Vahidüttin
1922-241341-42Abdülmecid 2 (only acting in the position of caliph, without the power of the sultan)
1924-1342-Turkey as a republic

© Copyright 1996-2008 LookLex Ltd. All rights reserved
By: Tore Kjeilen