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Names of the Ottoman Empire
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The state of Ottomans, from a division of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate to an independent Empire, has been known through the ages by a large number of different names, commonly the Ottoman Empire. Some of the names were associated with different phases of its history. It was named differently in different languages. This page gives a survey of the history of these names, and their use in various modern languages.
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Modern Turkish: Osmanlı Beyliği;
The first declaration of statehood happened under Osman I.
- “Âl-i Osman”
- Dawlat-e Ālīa-ē 'Usmānīah
With the fall of Constantinople, it officially became an Empire.
- Ottoman Turkish and Persian: دولت عليه عثمانيه [1]دولت عليه عثمانيه
- Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye
- “Devlet-i Âliye”
- “Devlet-i Ebed-Müddet”
- “Memâlik-i Mahrûse” (The Well-Protected Domains),
- “Memâlik-i Mahrûse-i Osmanî”,
- Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu;
- Greek: Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία Othōmanikē Autokratoria)
In diplomatic circles, the empire was often referred to as the "Sublime Porte", a literal translation of the Ottoman Turkish Bâb-ı Âlî, which was the only gate of the imperial Topkapı Palace that was open to foreigners, and was where the sultan greeted ambassadors.
Ottoman Empire was known as Turkey in European countries. By some historians, it is named as 'Turkey Empire', or more specifically The 'Turkish Empire'.
- ^ O.Özgündenli, "Persian Manuscripts in Ottoman and Modern Turkish Libraries", Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition, (LINK)