"The First Man"

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The first Ethman (in Turkish Amen:عثمان; 1258 - 1326) was the founder of the Ottoman dynasty and gave it its name. With the death of his father Arroul in 1281, Ayman inherited the title of Bay and was the leader of Ottoman Turks. In 1299, he declared his independence from the Slyjcs and under his leadership, the Ottomans were one of the most powerful Byzantine prospects in Anatolia.

The background to the establishment of the Empire
When Alibaba became, under the rule of Salajeki, a Muslim state was split into three odds. The southern princes were preparing along the coast to Cyprus, the northern princes adjacent to the frontiers of the Byzantine Empire and along the coasts of the Black Sea and the Western Princesses that spanned along the Byzantine front from the Castamino area until the Makri Bay in the south. Each county was assigned to the control of a commander with a Amir status. Most of these prosthetics were nomadic Turkmen who came from the east.
According to the most common Ottoman tradition, the grandfather of Amman was Suleyman Sah, the leader of the Latvian tribe, who fled in the early 13th century from the Mongols. He probably drowned during the crossing of a river and then split his family into two. Two boys and most of the family turned back to living under the Mongols, and one son, Artorol, continued with the rest into her embrace. These settled in Western Princesses and his friend to rumultans in the fight against the Byzantines and Mongols. In exchange for his military assistance, two towns were given to the Artorol border of the Byzantine province of Beitenia, Domenique and Siit.
More modern findings show that the ancestors of the Ottoman dynasty have probably arrived in Anatolia since the 11th century as part of the nomadic and Turkish tribes scattered throughout Asia Minor. According to these findings, for a period of two hundred, the Ottoman ancestors were a group of homeless nomads. Despite the differences in this matter, all agree with the fact that the first Ethman was born in the city of Cit in 1258, and heirs to his father in the area on the border of the municipality around 1281. At the same time, the inheritance he received from his father, the statement of the Western Princesses succumbed to the struggle against the Byzantines and abandons the front.

The connection with the Byzantine Empire
At the beginning of his career, Aythman’s goal was not a general fight against the Byzantines and even tried to tie ties with Byzantine rulers in his region. After the conquest of the city of Karajair, there was a period of relaxation. At this time, it is known about the close ties of Athman with Byzantine rulers when the glands between them are the governor of Bilske and José Millel. The latter helped the peoples in the fight of the rebels and eventually joined the ranks of Amman’s commanders.
Othman was first seen as a leader in the status of Bay, of a semi-Nudian Turkish language group. Only when it reached a point where islands on the Byzantine cities of Iznick and Boursia began to treat it as one of the most important rulers of their enemies. In 1301, the Byzantines first sent forces to fight against Amman. About 2,000 fighters were sent to prevent the conquest of the city of Isaac. Othman and his forces have rebelled against the Byzantine fighters and confiscated their power.

conquests and expansion of the frontiers of the Empire
At the beginning of 1288, the Byzantines captured the town of Carcahyssar, where he founded his first capital. With the replacement of the century and conquest of the city of Esquiir, Ethman reorganized his rule. He gave Krajas to his first son Orhan and transferred the capital to Isaac. The bad situation of the Byzantines along with the damage following the flood of the Sacracy River has given an advantage to the progress of Amman. After the foundation of the Empire in Asirir, he advanced his forces to expand his territory in two directions, north along the Screya River towards the Black Sea and south along the river towards Marmara Sea.
Victory in front of the Byzantine forces on their way to the conquest of Iznick