Ottoman Rīces

Stæþas þæs Ottomanisc Rīces fræmðes

Þæt Ottoman Rīces, eac gecweden þæt Turcisc Rice, wæs an ealdrice þæt forman mycelne swiðe of Suðeaste Europa, Westa Asia, and Aþelcyning Aræbisc Æþeling fram þam 14. to ærran 20. hundgǽrum; hit eac wiðerhealdan sumne dæled of suðeaste Middangeard, betwux þam ærran 16. and ærran 18. hundgǽrum.

Þæt cyningrice cuþe of ænne beylik, oþþe heahþeode, afed on norþwestan Anatolia on c. 1299 of þæm Turkomane þrymster Osmán I. His æftergengan foron micelne dæl Anatolia and expandodon into þæm Bælkans by þam midum 14. hundðeode, and forðon hi þæt cyneþeod of hiere hæþene cyningrice into ænne oferhygdlic cyningrice. Þa Ottomane ende fordeodlice þæt Byzantian cyningrice mid þæm forðryþe Constantinopolis on 1453 of Mehmed II, þæt sæde þæt Ottomane forcuðon on miclum seðne heordcyningum on þæm Bælkans and on Anatolia on þæm twam dælum þæs 15. hundðeode. Under Suleiman se Mægne (1520–1566), se cynerǣden rīcsode æfter his mægen, blæd, and þingcynning, forðū heó ferde on mǣre þæt hēo þenden into Middelēast and Centrice Europe. Mid his heáfordstede æt Constantinople (nū Istanbul) and mónne ofer mǣrne dæl of se Mediteraæn Bæchá, se Ottoman Cyningdōm wæs æt þǣre middan of forwęngum betwux Middelēast and Europe for six hund þrīo. Wieldan ofer swā mīne folc, se cynerǣden gēat wēnigum hēahngemǣnnedlic mēðel āðæfend to his fela forhealdungan gemænscipe, oððe millets, to forþfeore heora ægen ǣldu þurh Islāmisc ǣ.