13th-century people from the Ottoman Empire

Ertuğrul or Ertuğrul Ghazi (; died ) was a 13th-century uch bey (marcher-lord), who was the father of Osman I. Little is known about Ertuğrul's life. According to Ottoman tradition, he was the son of Suleyman Shah, the leader of the Kayı tribe (a claim which has come under criticism from many historians) of the Oghuz Turks (then known as Turkomans), which fled from western Central Asia to Anatolia to escape the Mongol conquests; but according to contemporary numinastic evidence, he was the son of Gündüz Alp. According to the legend, after the death of his father, Ertuğrul and his followers ent

Turkish khan

grandmother of Ottoman sultan Osman I

The Spiritual founder of the Ottoman Empire. Father of Rabia Bala Malhun Hatun, the wife of Osman Ghazi, the founder of the Ottoman Empire and grandfather of Vizier Alaeddin Pasha, Second Ottoman Sultan Orhan Ghazi and 6 other grandchildren.

Kayı chieftain (r. 1200-14)

Brother of Ottoman Sultan, Osman I

Uncle of Ottoman Sultan, Osman I

father of Ertuğrul

Ottoman solider

bey of the Chobanids

bey of the Chobanids

bey of the Chobanids