Murad I
Third Ottoman sultan (1362–1389)
- Fame61.6
- Momentum1.1
- Turkey rank#193
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- Fame61.6
- Momentum1.1
- Turkey rank#193
- Historical Figures rank#111
- Wikipedia71K
Lived 1326–1389, aged 63Turkey
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Updated 2026-06-08
The Ottoman sultan who moved the empire's center of gravity into Europe. Murad I took Adrianople in the 1360s, made it his capital, and turned the Balkans into tributary ground — Serbia, Bulgaria, Byzantium itself bent to terms.
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Murad I took the throne in 1362 after his elder half-brother Süleyman Pasha died. Son of Orhan Gazi and Nilüfer Hatun, he inherited an empire still rooted in Anatolia. The conquest of Adrianople in the 1360s changed the map: he relocated the capital there and pushed deep into Southern Europe, bringing most of the Balkans under Ottoman control. The princes of Serbia, the emperor of Bulgaria, and Byzantine emperor John V Palaiologos all paid him tribute. He split the sultanate into two provinces — Anatolia and Rumelia — formalizing the empire's dual geography. Murad I died on 15 June 1389, his r…
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