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9. Write down the name of the Ottoman leader/ruler who accomplished the followin

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Question

9. Write down the name of the Ottoman leader/ruler who accomplished the following feats in Ottoman history: (1 point each) [write name next to colon]

a) Defeated the Serbs at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389:

b) Began the late 13th century consolidation of Ottoman power in the northwest corner of the Anatolia peninsula:

c) Militarily conquered Constantinople in 1453:

d) Added Bulgaria to the Ottoman Empire and defeated a French cavalry on the Danube River:

e) Conquered Mesopotamia, Egypt, Syria and Jerusalem; made himself the new caliph “successor”:

f) Overran most of Hungary at the Battle of Mohács in 1526; attacked but failed to take Vienna in 1529:

Explanation / Answer

a) Army under the control of commander Sultan Murad I defeated the army under the control of commander Prince Lazar of Serbia at Kosovo Polje. Hence, the correct answer is Sultan Murad I.

b) Turkish tribes named as gazys were the founders of Ottoman Empire in northwest corner of the Anatolia peninsula.

c) Sultan Mahmed II, who was the ruler of Ottoman Empire, conquered the constatintipole in 1453.

d) Osman I.

e) Abbasid caliph al-Mustadi.

f) Sultan Suleiman I.