Ertugrul Ghazi

Ertuğrul or Ertuğrul Gazi (Ottoman Turkish: ارطغرل‎, romanized: Erṭoġrıl; Turkmen: Ärtogrul Gazy; passed on c. 1280/1281)[7] was a thirteenth century bey, who was the dad of Osman I.[8] Little is thought about Ertuğrul's life. As per Ottoman custom, he was the child of Suleyman Shah, the head of the Kayı clan (a case which has gone under analysis from numerous historians)[nb 1] of the Oghuz Turks, who escaped from western Central Asia to Anatolia to get away from the Mongol triumphs, yet he may rather have been the child of Gündüz Alp.[5][10] According to this legend, after the demise of his dad, Ertuğrul and his devotees entered the help of the Sultanate of Rum, for which he was compensated with domain over the town of Söğüt on the outskirts with the Byzantine Empire.[7] This set off the chain of occasions that would at last prompt the establishing of the Ottoman Empire.