Süleyman Pasha (son of Orhan)

For other uses, see Suleiman Pasha (disambiguation).
This is an Ottoman Turkish style name. Süleyman is the given name, the title is Pasha, and there is no family name.

Süleyman Pasha (d. 1357)[1] was the son of Orhan I, the second ruler of the newly established Ottoman Empire.[2] He played a major role in early Ottoman expansion into Thrace in the 1350s.[3] He died in a hunting accident in 1357.[4]

References

  1. Kafadar, Cemal (1995). Between Two Worlds: The Construction of the Ottoman State. p. xviii.
  2. Imber, Colin (2009). The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1650: The Structure of Power (2 ed.). New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 8.
  3. Finkel, Caroline (2005). Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire, 1300-1923. Basic Books. p. 16.
  4. Lowry, Heath (2003). The Nature of the Early Ottoman State. SUNY Press. p. 82.

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