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Orhaniye Complex
Orhaniye (literally "land of Orhan" in Turkish language, Turkish) may refer to the following places in Turkey: * Orhaniye, Bandırma, a village * Orhaniye, Edirne * Orhaniye, Karacabey * Orhaniye, Kazan, a village and neighborhood in the district of Kazan, Ankara Province * Orhaniye, Keşan * Orhaniye, Kestel * Orhaniye, Koçarlı, a village in the district of Koçarlı, Aydın Province * Orhaniye, Mudanya * Orhaniye, Mustafakemalpaşa * Orhaniye, Osmaneli, a village in the district of Osmaneli, Bilecik Province * Orhaniye, Çay, a village in the district of Çay, Afyonkarahisar Province {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orhan
Orhan Ghazi (; , also spelled Orkhan; died 1362) was the second sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1323/4 to 1362. He was born in Söğüt, as the son of Osman I. In the early stages of his reign, Orhan focused his energies on conquering most of northwestern Anatolia. The majority of these areas were under Byzantine rule and he won his first battle at Pelekanon against the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos. Orhan also occupied the lands of the Karasids of Balıkesir and the Ahis of Ankara. A series of civil wars surrounding the ascension of the nine-year-old Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos greatly benefited Orhan. In the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, the regent John VI Kantakouzenos married his daughter Theodora to Orhan and employed Ottoman warriors against the rival forces of the empress dowager, allowing them to loot Thrace. In the Byzantine civil war of 1352–1357, Kantakouzenos used Ottoman forces against John V, granting them the use of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
