Murad I

Murad I
  • Bey
  • Emîr-i a’zam
  • Gazi
  • Han
  • Hüdavendigâr
  • Sultânü’s-selâtîn
  • Melikü’l-mülûk
Miniature of Murad I from a 16th-century manuscript
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah)
ReignMarch 1362 – 15 June 1389
PredecessorOrhan
SuccessorBayezid I
Born29 June 1326
Bursa,[1][2] Ottoman Beylik
Died15 June 1389(1389-06-15) (aged 62)
Kosovo field, District of Branković
Burial
Organs buried at Tomb of Murad I, Kosovo
42°42′07″N 21°06′15″E / 42.70194°N 21.10417°E / 42.70194; 21.10417
Body buried at Sultan Murad Türbe, Osmangazi, Bursa
ConsortsGülçiçek Hatun
Thamara Hatun
Paşa Melek Hatun
Others
Issue
Among others
Savci Bey
Bayezid I
Yakub Çelebi
Nefise Hatun
Names
Murad bin Orhan
DynastyOttoman
FatherOrhan
MotherNilüfer Hatun
ReligionSunni Islam
TughraMurad I's signature

Murad I (Ottoman Turkish: مراد اول; Turkish: I. Murad, Murad-ı Hüdavendigâr (nicknamed Hüdavendigâr, from Persian: خداوندگار, romanizedKhodāvandgār, lit.'the devotee of God' – meaning "sovereign" in this context); 29 June 1326 – 15 June 1389) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1362 to 1389. He was the son of Orhan Gazi and Nilüfer Hatun. Murad I came into the throne after his elder brother Süleyman Pasha's death.

Murad I conquered Adrianople, renamed it to Edirne,[2] and in 1363 made it the new capital of the Ottoman Sultanate.[3] Then he further expanded the Ottoman realm in Southern Europe by bringing most of the Balkans under Ottoman rule, and forced the princes of Serbia and Bulgaria as well as the Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos to pay him tribute.[2] Murad I administratively divided his sultanate into the two provinces of Anatolia (Asia Minor) and Rumelia (the Balkans).

  1. ^ "Murad I". TheOttomans.org.
  2. ^ a b c "Murad I". Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2014. Web. 19 Dec. 2014.
  3. ^ "In 1363 the Ottoman capital moved from Bursa to Edirne, although Bursa retained its spiritual and economic importance." Ottoman Capital Bursa. Official website of Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey. Retrieved 19 December 2014.