Murad I
Murad I (Ottoman Turkish: مراد اول; Turkish: I. Murad, Murad-ı Hüdavendigâr (nicknamed Hüdavendigâr, from Persian: خداوندگار, romanized: Khodāvandgār, lit. 'the devotee of God' – meaning "sovereign" in this context); 29 June 1326 – 15 June 1389) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1362 to 1389. He was the son of Orhan Gazi and Nilüfer Hatun. Murad I came into the throne after his elder brother Süleyman Pasha's death.
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Miniature of Murad I from 16th-century manuscript | |||||
| Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah) | |||||
| Reign | March 1362 – 15 June 1389 | ||||
| Predecessor | Orhan | ||||
| Successor | Bayezid I | ||||
| Born | 29 June 1326 Bursa, Ottoman Beylik | ||||
| Died | 15 June 1389 (aged 62) Kosovo field, District of Branković | ||||
| Burial | Organs buried at Tomb of Murad I, Kosovo 42°42′07″N 21°06′15″E Body buried at Sultan Murad Türbe, Osmangazi, Bursa | ||||
| Spouses | Gülçiçek Hatun Thamara Hatun Paşa Melek Hatun Others | ||||
| Issue Among others | Bayezid I Yakub Çelebi Nefise Hatun Savci Bey | ||||
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| Dynasty | Ottoman | ||||
| Father | Orhan | ||||
| Mother | Nilüfer Hatun | ||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||
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Murad I conquered Adrianople, renamed it to Edirne, and in 1363 made it the new capital of the Ottoman Sultanate. Then he further expanded the Ottoman realm in Southern Europe by bringing most of the Balkans under Ottoman rule, and forced the princes of Serbia and Bulgaria as well as the East Roman emperor John V Palaiologos to pay him tribute. Murad I administratively divided his sultanate into the two provinces of Anatolia (Asia Minor) and Rumelia (the Balkans).