Sultan Ottoman. As such the last Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI (r 1918–1922) was a direct patrilineal (maleline) descendant of the first Ottoman sultan Osman I (d 1323/4) which was unparalleled in both Europe (eg the male line of the House of Habsburg became extinct in 1740) and in the Islamic world The primary purpose of the Imperial Harem was to ensure the birth of male heirs to the.
The political and geographical entity governed by the Muslim Ottoman Turks Their empire was centered in presentday Turkey and extended its influence into southeastern Europe as well as the Middle EastEurope was only temporarily able to resist their advance the turning point came at the Battle of Varna in 1444 when a European coalition army failed to stop the Turkish advance.
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