The History of Ertugrul Ghazi.

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.