Mongolian raiders crush his troops in Turkey in 1402 and take him prisoner. He dies in the battlefield while defeating the Serbians.īayezid extends the empire from the Danube River in Bulgaria to the Euphrates River in the east.
He sets up the system to train ex-slaves into elite soldiers known as Janissaries. Osman's son, Orhan, rules after his father's death. When the city falls, Bursa is made into the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Osman and his troops lay siege to the city of Bursa in northwest Turkey.
He becomes the leader of the new Ottoman dynasty. To help win a major battle, Osman leads his troops and displaces the Seljuk Turks.
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