The mysterious origins of the Ottoman Dynasty (Turkish History)

The Ottomans. Hardly any Turkish ruling dynasty achieved as much fame and power as they did. Once they were the most powerful family in the world. Their state stretched across three continents. And even today, their influence still shapes the landscape of Turkey, the heartland of their empire: from houses of worship and palaces to castles and resorts, the Ottomans have not been forgotten. They produced powerful rulers who were honored by their own subjects and respected with reverence by foreign countries. But the true origins of the Ottoman dynasty are hardly known. At least not in the Western world.

Yet knowledge of the Ottoman Empire's prehistory is important for understanding its behavior in both domestic and foreign policy. For example, to understand why the Ottomans were so open-minded about Byzantium, or to find out how the sons and daughters of Osman controlled all of Anatolia through wars on the one hand and a clever marriage policy on the other. Ultimately, this dynasty saw all other states as potential enemies.

Because the tribe, which made possible the rise of the Ottomans to a world empire, literally had to fight for survival for centuries. Envy, discord and betrayal were the order of the day. This is their story: the Kayi tribe.

This is a re-upload of the German original, tranlasted into English. As the Project File for the Animated World maps has been lost, the original German maps were re-used. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[mgemania]

I Don't see any mysterious origin in this video. Their ancestors were oguz turks who migrated to Anatolia with Great Seljuks. So there is no mystery on known history too.

[therenegadepianotechnician]

Thanks for the great content ! We didnt learn much about the Ottoman Empire in American schools. It was a large powerful empire that endured for centuries. very important to this amateur student of history.

[hansolo]

As someone who belongs to Elbeyli tribe my ancestors migrated to Anatolia from Syria with Kayi tribe. We are calling ourselves Elbeyli since 11th century. Greetings to all Turkics!

[a.s.e]

This was amazing!! Seriously underrated channel

[groverachristiansen]

Very very interesting. Turkish history is great and not so well known. THEREFORE a woman like me who love history and also being
a tour guide in almost the whole Europe for more than 30 seasons, this add and fill out my lack of understanding Turkey as a country.
Gro Vera Neste Christiansen from Norway.

[KhansDen]

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I am curious: from which countries do you come from? Would like to have translations of this video? Please write in the comments below.

Are you further interested in learning more about Turkish (and Turkic) history?

Then I'd recommend the following videos to get a bigger picture. They are all in English:

[hariskajtezovic]

Very nice video, but just a small correction. You said that the Ottomans blocked the Suez Canal, but Suez did not exist at that time, that is 15th century. Ottomans blocked Bosphorus and Dardanelles, which basically created a domino effect because Columbus was sent to discover another way to India. Greetings

[ON_OK_ÖG]

In fact, the roots of the Ottoman Empire go back much further.

Great Hun Empire
Gokturk Empire
Oghuz Yabgu State
Great Seljuk Empire
Anatolian Seljuk State
Ottoman State

[leventcaglarer]

Being of Kayi descent my self we always knew about our heritage. Living in Söğüt and Eskişehir for 7 centuries. What our cousins did by creating a dynasty does not change that fact.

[TheSaleem]

Starting with Sulaiman Shah..then Ertugrul..then his son Osman, which the name taken as Dynasty

[subutaynoyan]

Correction; heartland of Ottoman Empire was Balkans. They hardly did anything in most of Anatolia

[MilleniumBK]

Very interesting video! The tamga IYI was also symbol of Bulgarian State and ruller dynasty Dulo (VII - X century). One of them is visible in museum in Pliska. Interesting why the tamga of Old Bulgarian state IYI and the tamga of Ottoman dynasty was the same? They was some connection but we cant know. Greetings from Bulgaria/Bulgaristan.

[mytester]

State name wasnt after his name, he wasnt after fame as many make it out like! he was after unity of all turkic tribes under one state (rightly so due to constant attacks and meddling of byzantine of the west and mongols of the east!.) The real name was Devlet-i Aliyye until 18th century! Only western epires/states were calling them othman state/otman empire... Devlet-i Aliyye means Great Country (State) to show the respect for every other tribe who joined and made it possible!

[deniseg-hill]

Actually it can be studied at University as a chosen subject, in the UK anyway. There are many books on it and there are excellent educational tours to Turkey that people can take.

[catfishcain]

Informative and to the point, outstanding job

[loooli.]

can someone tell a medieval total war mod for the anatolian history ?

make osman great again !

[papazataklaattiranimam]

The names turk and atrak as designating the Mamlüks have lasted up to the very end of the Mamlük sultanate. The Ottomans, their state, and their lands have other names in the Mamlük sources. Even during their conquest of Syria and Egypt the Ottomans are called Uthmaniyya, rüm (or arwüm), and quite frequently taräkima or turkmän."

However, atrāk and turkiyya in connection with the Turkish speaking peoples and their lands in and about Anatolia do appear in those sources, albeit very rarely. Already Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari, in the first half of the fourteenth century, speaks about mamlakat al-atrak bil-rum and bilad al-aträk bil-rüm. A later historian of the mid-fifteenth century, Ibn Taghribirdi, calls those lands al-turkiya, biläd al-turkiyya, and barr al-turkiyya, in connection with the import of wood and flour from Iljün and the supplying by sea of the Mamluk forces fighting the Turkmen Shāh Siwar.¹

[papazataklaattiranimam]

In the social hierarchy there were clear distinctions of status and power between “ Turks ” ( atrak ), the term usually applied by native Egyptian writers to both Ottomans and Mamluks

[brothermohdhanif]

Interesting.. need more about ottoman. Im fanatics about this 😍

[justinleclairabdullahqasim]

This is interesting but it does not talk about the importance Islam had on the Ogüz and makes it seem as if they were antagonistic with the religion. One can not underestimate the effect Islam had on their outlook and the vision it gave them for a greater unified khanate that would become the great Ottoman empire.