Volume III · The Houses
Ottoman dynasty (House of Osman)
Founded by Osman I in northwestern Anatolia around 1299; named after him.
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01How it began
Founded by Osman I in northwestern Anatolia around 1299; named after him.
02At its height
16th-17th centuries under Suleiman the Magnificent; the empire spanned the Balkans, Anatolia, the Levant, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and North Africa, and took Constantinople in 1453.
Territory in the record
Southeastern Europe, Anatolia, the Middle East, and North Africa around the eastern Mediterranean.
03What became of it
Declined from the late 17th century; dissolved after defeat in World War I, with the sultanate abolished in 1922 and the Republic of Turkey founded in 1923.
04What remained
Over six centuries of continuous dynastic rule, the Ottoman caliphate, the millet system, and lasting cultural and administrative imprint across the Balkans and Middle East.
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FlagCrescent and starLate Ottoman flag, after 1844Read the symbolClose the story
A white crescent opens toward a white star on a red field.
Royal Museums Greenwich identifies its surviving example as a flag of Turkey and its empire after 1844. This late Ottoman design belongs centuries after Osman I, whose portrait accompanies the house entry.
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