Ottoman Empire Borders
The fine white lines show the boundaries of ottoman provinces.
Ottoman empire borders. The word ottoman is a historical anglicisation of the name of osman i the founder of the empire and of the ruling house of osman also known as the ottoman dynasty. 151426 bytes 147 88 kb map dimensions. Ottoman borders during mahmud ii. Ottoman empire largest borders mapfile type.
Ottoman empire ŏt əmən vast state founded in the late 13th cent. There were several explanations for the size of provinces. Türkiye officially republic of turkey republic 2015 est. Gpf team may 3 2016.
Under its terms the prut river became the border between the two empires thus leaving bessarabia under russian rule. You will notice that ottoman provinces even in modern day turkey which was the core of the empire were relatively small. Turkey s new maps are reclaiming the ottoman empire erdogan s aggressive nationalism is now spilling over turkey s borders grabbing land in greece and iraq. The treaty of bucharest between the ottoman empire and the russian empire was signed on may 28 1812 in bucharest at the end of the russo turkish war 1806 1812.
78 271 000 301 380 sq mi 780 574 sq km sw asia and se europe it borders on iraq se syria and the mediterranean sea s the. Although there were more powerful principalities in anatolia it managed to become a rapidly expanding state by making the right. Ottoman empire map at its height over time largest borders. Hi friendy my understanding is that west thracia was part of bulgaria at the time the ottoman empire entered the fww in 1914 awarded in the treaty of bucharest following the second balkan war of 1913.
Osman s name in turn was the turkish form of the arabic name ʿuthmān عثمان. Ottoman empire borders versus modern day borders. Ottoman empire dismemberment 1683 map. In ottoman turkish the empire was referred to as devlet i ʿalīye yi ʿosmānīye دولت عليه عثمانیه literally the.
689px x 696px colors. The border with russia reflects the post ww i soviet turkish border rather the ottoman border of 1914. The ottomans were founded in 1299 after the collapse of the seljuk sultanate of rum the ottoman principality was established on the territory of bilecik and kutahya cities of anatolia.