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Origin of the Ottomans: Seljuk Empire Insights by ShajeerSharafudeen is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses the origin of the Ottomans through the rise of the Seljuk Empire and Ghazi states in Asia Minor. It explains that Turkish tribes settled in Asia Minor under the Abbasids as bodyguards and converted to Islam by the 10th century. The Seljuk leader Tughril Beg expanded Seljuk power in the region and was recognized as Sultan by the Abbasid caliph in 1055. Following the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, more Turkish tribes settled in Asia Minor. As the Seljuks declined in the 13th century, semi
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