Ertuğrul
| Ertuğrul Ghazi | |||||
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| Leader o the Kayı tribe (pre-Ottoman Empire) | |||||
| Ring | 1230-1281 | ||||
| Predecessor | Suleyman Shah | ||||
| Successor | Osman I | ||||
| Born | 1191 Ahlat, Bitlis Province, Turkey | ||||
| Dee'd | 1281 (aged 90) Söğüt, Bilecik Province, Turkey | ||||
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| Faither | Suleyman Shah | ||||
| Mither | Hayme Hatun | ||||
| Releegion | Islam | ||||
Ertuğrul (Ottoman Turkish: ارطغرل, eften wi the teetle Ghazi) (1191 – 1281) wis the faither o Osman I, the foonder o the Ottoman Empire. He wis the leader o the Kayı clan o the Oghuz Turks. When arrivin in Anatolie frae Merv (Turkmenistan) wi his 400 horsemen tae aid the Seljuks o Rum against the Byzantines,[1] Ertuğrul set off the chain o events that wad ultimately lead tae the foonding o the Ottoman Empire. Lik his son, Osman, an his futur descendants, Ertuğrul is eften referred tae as a Ghazi,[2] a heroic champion fechter for the cause o Islam.