# Ertuğrul

> A 13th-century marcher-lord on the Anatolian frontier whose reward for loyal service was a small border town — and whose son founded an empire that would last six centuries.

*Ottoman ruler, father of Osman I*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ertugrul

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Died:** 1281
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Ertuğrul died around 1280, leaving behind more legend than verified record. Ottoman tradition names him son of Suleyman Shah, leader of the Kayı tribe of Oghuz Turks fleeing Mongol expansion from Central Asia into Anatolia, though contemporary numismatic evidence points to Gündüz Alp as his father. What's clearer is the choice he made: entering the service of the Sultanate of Rum, he earned dominion over Söğüt, a frontier settlement pressed against Byzantine territory. That grant of borderland to a loyal uch bey set the conditions. His son Osman would inherit the post and, from that edge, begin the campaigns that became the Ottoman Empire.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 23.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 21.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Founder, #Founders, #Politics, #Medieval Era

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertu%C4%9Frul)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q243245)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Ertu%C4%9Frul)
- [ارتوغرول](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84)
- [Ərtoğrul Qazi](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%8Frto%C4%9Frul_Qazi)
- [Иртоғрол](https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D1%82%D0%BE%D2%93%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB)
- [Эртагрул](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BB)
- [Ертугрул](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BB)
- [আরতুগ্রুল](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2)
- [Ertuğrul Gazi](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertu%C4%9Frul_Gazi)
- [Ertuğrul Gazi](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertu%C4%9Frul_Gazi)
- [ئێرتوگروول](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%8E%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%88%D9%84)
- [Ertuğrul Ğazi](https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertu%C4%9Frul_%C4%9Eazi)
- [Ertuğrul Gazi](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertu%C4%9Frul_Gazi)
- [Ερτογρούλ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CF%81%CF%84%CE%BF%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB)
- [Ertuğrul](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertu%C4%9Frul)
- [ارطغرل](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%84)
- [Ertuğrul](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertu%C4%9Frul)
- [Ertuğrul](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertu%C4%9Frul)
- [Ertuğrul](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertu%C4%9Frul)
- [Ertuğrul](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertu%C4%9Frul)
- [ארטורול](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9C)
- [एर्तुग़रुल](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2)
- [Ertuğrul](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertu%C4%9Frul)
- [Ertuğrul](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ertu%C4%9Frul)
- [أرطغرل](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%84)
- [ارطغرل](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%84)

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