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Contents 1 Comments 1.1 Orhan 1.2 Janissary?! 1.3 Enemies? 1.4 The first?

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[edit] Orhan

Orhan conquered most of eastern Anatolia and took part of the political gambling in the Byzantine Empire by marrying the daughter of a Byzantine prince who was a rival to the king. When the prince - with Orhan's support - overthrew the king - king? The rulers of Byzantium were Emperors. Is that who we're talking about? If so, which Emperor are we refering to? And who is this prince? -- Zoe

Good point. I didnt write this article, but I've amended it to give the correct information. John Julius Norwich's 'Byzantium' trilogy is a good reference point for this period of Ottoman history

Simon

[edit] Janissary?!

Orhan Ghazi formed a standing army (according to the legend, all members of his army were wearing white). This doesn't mean that he formed the janissary system which has strong connections with the dervismeh system. As far as I know, Murat Hüdavendigar founded the first true janissary army. I'm going to edit this wrong statements in the article if nobody has any counter arguments. Deliogul 19:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Enemies?

(final sentence) "...and the Crescent was not only advanced over many of the fairest provinces of Asia, but was also planted on the European continent, where its enemies have since sought to dislodge it for five centuries..." Funny stuff this. Did a grey wolf write it or something? Totally inappropriate for Wikipedia. The sentence should be rewritten in a more friendly tone. And the centuries are six (and a half). Kalambaki2 08:42, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The first?

I'm wondering why the numeral is used (Orhan I) instead of simply Orhan, since he is the only one of the dinasty with this name. Could someane please clarify this for me? Thanks!--RR' (talk) 08:46, 26 January 2008 (UTC)