Siege of Brusa 1317–1326
Forces Engaged Byzantine: Unknown. Commander: Unknown. Turkish: Unknown. Commander: Osman I and then Orkhan. The capture of Brusa established Osman I (Othman) and his successors as the major power in Asia Minor, beginning the Ottoman Empire. The peoples known as Turks originated not in the Turkey of today but in Turkestan in central Asia. In […]
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