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 | | Osman I (1258–1326) (Ottoman عُثمَان) was born in 1258 and inherited the title bey (chief) from his father, Ertuğrul, as the ruler of the village of Söğüt in 1281. |
 | | He discoursed so eloquently on this theme to the young chief of Eskişehir, that the listener fell in love with Mal Hatun upon word of mouth; and, going to her father, demanded her hand for himself. |
 | | One day when Osman and his brother Goundonroulp were at the castle of their neighbor, the lord of Ineani, an armed force suddenly appeared at the gate, led by the chieftain of Eskişehir and his ally, Michael of the Peaked Beard, the Greek lord of Khirenkia, a fortified city at the foot of Phrygian Olympus. |
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