Ertuğrul (Ottoman Turkish: ارطغرل, Romanized: Erṭoġrıl
(died c. 1280) was the father of Osman . According to Ottoman tradition. He was
the son of Suleyman Shah. The leader of the Kay tribe of Oghuz Turks. Who fled
from western Central Asia to Anatolia to getaway the Mongol conquests, but he
may instead have been the son of a Gündüz Alp. According to this prodigy, after
the death of his father, Ertugrul and his followers entered the service of the
Sultanate of Rum, for which he was frustrated with dominion over the town of
Sogut on the frontier with the Byzantine Empire. This set off the chain of
events that would ultimately lead to the founding of the Ottoman Empire. Like
his son, Osman, and their descendants, Ertugrul is often referred to as a
Ghazi, a heroic champion fighter for the cause of Islam.
Biography.
Nothing is known with certainty about Ertugrul's life, other than
that he was the father of Osman; historians are thus forced to rely upon
stories written about him by the Ottomans more than a century later, which are of
questionable accuracy. An undated coin, supposedly from the time of Osman, with
the text "Minted by Osman son of Ertugrul", suggests that Ertugrul
was a chronological figure. Another coin reads "Osman bin Ertugrul bin
Gunduz Alp", though Ertugrul is traditionally considered the son of
Suleyman Shah. In Enveri's Dusturname (1465) and Karamani Mehmet Pasha's
chronicle (before 1481), Suleyman Shah Replaces Gündüz Alp as Ertugrul's
father. After, Ottoman historian Asikpasazade's chronicles, the Suleyman Shah Version
became the official one. According to these later traditions, Ertugrul was
chief of the Kay . As a result of his support to the Seljuks against the
Byzantines, Ertugrul was granted lands in Karaca Dag, a mountainous area near
Angora (now Ankara), by Kayqubad I, the Seljuk Sultan of Rum. One account
indicates that the Seljuk leader's rationale for granting Ertugrul land was for
Ertugrul to repel any hostile incursion from the Byzantines or other adversary.
Later, he received the village of Sogut which he conquered together with the
surrounding lands. That village, where he later died, became the Ottoman
capital under his son; Osman I. Ottoman historians have differing opinions on
whether Ertugrul had two or possibly three other sons in addition to Osman:
Saru Batu Savci Bey, or Saru Batu and Savci Bey, and Gunduz Bey.
Legacy.
A tomb and
mosque dedicated to Ertugrul is said to have been built by Osman I at Sogut,
but due to several rebuilding’s nothing certain can be said about the origin of
these structures. The current mausoleum was built by sultan Abdul Hamid II in
the late 19th century. The town of Sogut celebrates an annual festival to the
memory of the early Osmans. The Ottoman frigate Ertugrul, launched in 1863, was
named after him.[citation needed] The Ertugrul Gazi Mosque in Ashgabat,
Turkmenistan, completed in 1998, is also named in his honor. It was established
by the Turkish government as a symbol of the link between Turkey and
Turkmenistan.
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