Ottoman Empire

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Devlet-i Ð'liye-i Osmвniyye

دولتِ عَليه عُثمانيه

Ottoman Flag

Ottoman Coat of Arms

Late Ottoman Flag Ottoman Coat of Arms

Imperial motto

(Ottoman Turkish) دولت ابد مدت

Devlet-i Ebed-mÑŒddet

("The Eternal State")

Map of the Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683)

Official language Ottoman Turkish

Capital SцğÑŒt (1299-1326),

Bursa (1326-1365),

Edirne (1365-1453),

Constantinople (1453-1922)

Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem

Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanlı Dynasty

Population ca 40 million

Area 6.3m kmІ (1902);

maximum extent 19.9m kmІ(1595 estimate)

Establishment 1299

Dissolution October 29, 1923

Currency AkÐ*e, Kuruş, Lira

See also

Part of the History of Turkey series

The Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Turkish: دولت عليه عثمانيه Devlet-i Ð'liye-i Osmвniyye; literally, "The Sublime Ottoman State"), also sometimes known in the West as the Turkish Empire, existed from 1299 to 1923. At the height of its power in the 16th and 17th centuries, its territory included Anatolia, the Middle East, parts of North Africa, and much of south-eastern Europe to the Caucasus.

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