{"id":13430,"date":"2022-03-13T08:09:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T08:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kayifamilytv.com\/v6\/?p=13430"},"modified":"2022-04-09T23:34:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T23:34:46","slug":"osman-gazi-the-warrior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kayifamilytv.com\/v18\/osman-gazi-the-warrior\/","title":{"rendered":"OSMAN GAZI \u2013 THE WARRIOR"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong><em>&#8220;You follow my way and protect Din-i-Muhammadi, <\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><em>the believers and your followers. <\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><em>Respect the right of Allah and His servants.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><em>\u00a0\u2013 Osman G\u00e2zi H\u00e2n <\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8052133319358801\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8052133319358801\" data-ad-slot=\"6152077868\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Osman Gazi, along with his contemporaries [his people and his followers] \u201clived as authentic Muslims, since they practised its righteousness and, as a result, their adherence to Islam fully continued throughout the early years of the conquests.\u201d [Akg\u00fcnd\u00fcz; \u00d6zt\u00fcrk; citation translated by Melisa Dirilish].<\/p>\n<p>Adhering to the Sunnah, taking the Noble Qur\u2019an as their guide, they have set an example, that many were all too eager to follow, either Muslims or non-Muslims. There were many Gazies among his ranks that were born as Christians, but then later joined him in faith, came to share his believes, and some even formed blood ties with his family.<\/p>\n<p>Before 1300\u2019s, as most historians agree, Osman was simply one among many of the Turkmen tribal chieftains in the Sakarya region, but very clever and much more charismatic then the rest. Unsurpassed in his skills as a horseman, swordsman and warrior, an expert in battle strategies, an expert at making both war and peace, a complex and formidable commander, he was \u201cvery much a warrior in the mould of other great warriors of the Medieval times (like Genghis Khan used to be before he built his great empire).\u201d Becoming famous across the Islamic world over the years, for his generosity, for his protection of the poor and vulnerable, his steadfastness and bravery, as well as his sense of justice, he compelled many people and many tribes to join his cause.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8052133319358801\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8052133319358801\" data-ad-slot=\"6152077868\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Osman Gazi was aware that due to two major issues, he could not expand throughout the entire Anatolia and establish his dominance over the region. On the one hand, he was surrounded by much larger principalities, more powerful Turkmen Beyliks that could easily swallow him up. On the other, there were the Mongols, who were terrorizing and vandalizing all of Anatolia.<\/p>\n<p>He also could not break into Rumelia because of the Byzantine Empire, the longstanding rulers and military power in that region.<br \/>\nHe was also aware that his rule was essentially preserved only by the Seljuk\u2019s Sultan, the Sultan who himself was not very stable on his throne.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, Osman Gazi was able to bypass all that and to keep expanding further and further, by devising and employing several clever strategies. Sticking to his primary strategy &#8220;Peace with Muslims, war with infidels&#8221; and to his second strategy that stemmed from his faith and which has been summed up in the famous utterance: &#8220;Osman [Ottomans] loved the poor&#8221; (Oru\u00e7 Be\u011f &#8211; \u201cTarihi\u201d), he then followed his third strategy of increasing his territories at the expense of the Byzantines.<\/p>\n<p>His early tactics were to test the Byzantine defence by launching small night invasions into Byzantine Anatolia, and to wage a slow but relentless war against that great neighbouring Empire. It was only towards the end of Osman\u2019s life that they began employing the art of siege-warfare, with the nine-year long siege of the city of Bursa (1317-1326), being their 1st.<\/p>\n<p>The siege itself took so long because of their inexperience in this new kind of warfare. Osman Gazi masterminded and put in motion the siege, but he assigned the command and control of this siege to his son, Orhan Alp. However, Osman Gazi succumbed to his long-standing Nikris (gout) disease and passed away, 2,5 years before the fall of Bursa. [Tev\u00e2r\u00eeh-i \u00c2l-i Osm\u00e2n]<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8052133319358801\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8052133319358801\" data-ad-slot=\"6152077868\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Pinning Byzantine rulers against each other, this hitherto unknown chieftain of one minor Anatolian tribe would render them incapable of withstanding his assaults. Osman and his followers would then concentrate on taking their fortified townships, one at a time. Thus, in turn they gradually weakened that once-great Empire, crushing its morale in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, these raids gained Osman and his followers a great support from other Turkmen Beys in the vicinity of his small Beylik. But, soon enough, other Turks running away from the Mongols\u2019 invasion began to settle in these lands that were by then poorly defended by the Byzantines. And, due to that fact, and due to his great diplomatic skills he was eventually able to attract people and to raise vast numbers of troops.<\/p>\n<p>As the Turks began taking chunks of land from the Empire, they were regarded as saviours by the people of Byzantine\u2019s Anatolia, Christians and non-Christians alike. They became known for their just administration\u2026 known to bring justice and fairness as per the teachings of Islam, to advocate religious freedom, to support a multicultural background and establish new, more efficient and lively trade routes in every newly conquered land, \u2026 all of which people have been only too ready to accept. They brought relief to people who had lived under a lot of strain, due to the severe burden of heavy tax policy and military expenses that the Emperor has imposed on them. So, many of them soon converted to Islam, thus further destabilizing the Byzantine&#8217;s power.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8052133319358801\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8052133319358801\" data-ad-slot=\"6152077868\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In consequence, with the weakening Byzantine&#8217;s defence on its eastern frontier and its declining morale, and also aided by the fact that Byzantine\u2019s funds were greatly exhausted due to the Emperor&#8217;s great spending, the Turks led by Osman Gazi quickly gained the upper hand and continued to slowly advance along and beyond the western Anatolian border, deeper into Byzantine territory. [Mufassal Osmanl\u0131 Tarihi I. Cilt]<\/p>\n<p>It was a long and slow progress, and they too had a lot of martyrs. But, due to their deep sense that the homeland is where the martyrs\u2019 blood was spilled, where their graves were, Osman Gazi and his contemporaries never turned back from their path.<br \/>\nSo, fighting fiercely to keep a firm hold on every acre of land he conquered along the way, Osman has opened the way for the spread of Islam\u2026 and the emergence of the greatest Empire began to gather momentum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In support of this just administration of Osman, a renowned historian, Prof. Dr. A. \u015eim\u015firgil, quoted one of the first Ottoman historians, Ahmedi, who, in the introduction to his Chronicle: &#8220;Dastan and Tevarih-I M\u00fclilk-I Al-I Osman&#8221; stated:<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; When the mask of law and order is dropped over oppression<br \/>\nThe public would easily then pass it for justice.<br \/>\nThe story of the Masters of oppression has been told and re-told,<br \/>\nNow, is the time tell the story about the Masters of Justice, the Ottomans.<br \/>\nThose are both, Muslims and Just,<br \/>\nSo, let&#8217;s get to know and celebrate these rulers.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; [Ahmedi, &#8220;Dastan and Tevarih-I M\u00fclilk-I Al-I Osman&#8221;, c.1390;]<br \/>\n&#8211; [translated by Melisa Dirilish]<\/p>\n<p>*** Original text:<br \/>\n\u201cZul\u00fcm, hukuk ve d\u00fczen maskesi alt\u0131na al\u0131nd\u0131\u011f\u0131nda,<br \/>\nHalk taraf\u0131ndan kolayca adalet d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnd\u00fc.<br \/>\nBu zulm\u00fcn ustalar\u0131n\u0131n hikayesi \u00e7ok aktar\u0131ld\u0131,<br \/>\n\u015eimdi, Adalet Efendilerine, Osmanl\u0131lara s\u00f6yleyelim.<br \/>\nHem M\u00fcsl\u00fcman hem de Ddil,<br \/>\nBu y\u00f6neticileri tan\u0131yal\u0131m ve kutlayal\u0131m.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; [Ahmedi, &#8220;Dastan and Tevarih-I M\u00fclilk-I Al-I Osman&#8221;, c.1390. \/ transmitted by Ahmet \u015eim\u015firgil]<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8052133319358801\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8052133319358801\" data-ad-slot=\"6152077868\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Hope you\u2019ve enjoyed your readings \uf04a<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gogetfunding.com\/thank-you-melisa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> SUPPORT MELISA DIRILISH TRANSLATION<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/melisa.dirilish.5\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melisa Dirilish<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2020 Melisa Dirilish (&#x2122;) All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p>** I do not own the rights for the photographs.<\/p>\n<p>*** <a href=\"https:\/\/kayifamilytv.com\/author\/melisa-dirilish\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK FOR MORE ARTICLES<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You follow my way and protect Din-i-Muhammadi, the believers and your followers. 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