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1304<br />

Catalan mercenaries deployed by the Byzantine Empire against Turks (including<br />

the Ottomans) in Asia Minor.<br />

1312<br />

Ulu Cami built in Birgi by Aydinoglu Mehmed .<br />

1324<br />

The date of the earliest extant Ottoman document accepted as genuine: Orhan is<br />

referred to as Suca`uddin , "Champion of the Faith."<br />

1326<br />

Bursa conquered.<br />

1331<br />

Iznik (Nicaea) conquered.<br />

1331<br />

The first Ottoman medrese (college) established (in Iznik).<br />

ca. 1332<br />

Ibn Battuta travels in Anatolia.<br />

1337<br />

Raiders from the Karasi and Ottoman principalities separately engaged in Thrace.<br />

1337<br />

Izmit (Nicomedia) conquered.<br />

1337<br />

The date on an inscription in Bursa that refers to Orhan as gazi; authenticity<br />

and meaning controversial.<br />

1341<br />

The death of Emperor Andronikos III; beginning of civil war in Byzantium.<br />

1344-46<br />

Help sought by different factions from the Ottoman, Karasi, and Aydinoglu<br />

principalities; Orhan marries the daughter of John Kantakouzenos; Karasioglu<br />

Suleyman marries the daughter of Batatzes. Karasi principality subdued and<br />

annexed.<br />

1347<br />

Kantakouzenos enters Constantinople and declares himself (co-)emperor.<br />

1348, 1350, 1352<br />

Kantakouzenos calls on Ottoman forces to be deployed in Thrace on his behalf.<br />

1352<br />

First Ottoman acquisition in Thrace: Tzympe.<br />

1354<br />

Kallipolis (Gelibolu) falls to the Ottomans following an earthquake.<br />

1354<br />

Gregory Palamas, archbishop of Thessaloniki, captured by the Ottomans, spends<br />

time in the emirate; his writings constitute important source on cultural life<br />

among early Ottomans.<br />

1357<br />

Prince Suleyman , Orhan's son and commander of Thracian conquests according to<br />

Ottoman traditions, dies in accident.<br />

1359 or 1361<br />

Dhidhimoteichon (Dimetoka) conquered (by Haci Ilbegi ).<br />

1362<br />

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