Sublime Ottoman State
Islamic Empire (1299-1922)
Location: Eastern Europe, Middle East, North Africa
Capital City: Söğüt (1299-1331), Nicaea (1331-1335), Bursa (1335-1366), Adrianople (1366-1453), Constantinople (1453-1922)
Government type: Absolute Monarchy (1299-1876, 1878-1908), Constitutional Monarchy (1876-1878, 1908-1922)
Main languages: Turkish, Arabic, Greek, Serbo-Croatian, Albanian, Bulgarian, Kurdish, Armenian
Main religions: Sunni Islam, Orthodox Christianity, Catholic Christianity, Eastern Christianity
Chronology
1299: Ottoman Beylik founded by Osman I, independent of the Seljuks of Rûm
1402-1413: Ottoman Interrgnum, civil war after the death of Sultan Bayezid I
1453: Sultan Mehmed II captures Constantinople
1699: Ottoman decline begins with the Treaty of Karlowitz
1876: Miltary coup deposes Sultan Abdülaziz and implements a constitutional government
1878: Constitution suspended by Sultan Abdulhamid II after the Great Eastern Crisis
1908: Young Turk revolution forces the restoration of the constitution
1913: Coup by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress party establishes a dictatorship
1918-1922: Parts of what remains of the Ottoman state under occupation by Greece, France, and Italy
1919-1922: Turkish War of Independence
1922: Ottoman Sultanate abolished by Grand National Assembly, superceded by the State of Turkey
Currency
Akçe (1327-1687)
1 Akçe = 40 Manghir • 1 Ikilik = 2 Akçe • 1 Medin/Para = 3 Akçe • 1 Dirham = 5 Akçe • 1 Onluk = 10 Akçe • 1 Beşlik = 15 Akçe • 1 Sultani = 60 Akçe
Kuruş (1688-1844)
1 Kuruş = 2 Yirmilik = 4 Onluk/Mangir = 8 Besparalik = 40 Para = 120 Akçe/Maydin • 1 Zolota = 3/4 Kuruş • 1 Altmislik = 1.5 Kuruş • 1 Yüzlük = 2.5 Kuruş • 1 Uechlik = 3 Kuruş • 1 Zeri Mahbub = 3.5 Kuruş • 1 Beşlik/Eshrefi/Findik = 5 Kuruş • 1 Altilik = 6 Kuruş • 1 Cedid Adli = 18 Kuruş • 1 Memduhiye = 20 Kuruş • 1 Hayriye = 24 Kuruş
Lira (1844-1922)
1 Lira = 100 Kuruş = 4000 Para
Coins from the Ottoman Empire in the collection
•1 Medin, Sultan Suleiman I (1520-1566) (silver, Diyarbakır mint)
•1 Akçe, 1422 (Sultan Murad II (1422-1444), silver, Adrianople mint, Edhem#138)
•1 Akçe, 1520 (Sultan Suleiman I (1520-1566), silver, Diyarbakır mint)
•1 Onluk, 1796 (Sultan Selim III (1789-1807), billon, Constantinople mint, KM#492)
•1 Onluk, 1837 (Sultan Mahmud II (1808-1839), billon, Constantinople mint, KM#595)
•1 Onluk, 1840 (Sultan Abdülmecid I (1839-1861), billon, Constantinople mint, KM#652)
•1 Yirmilik, 1839 (Sultan Abdülmecid I (1839-1861), billon, Constantinople mint, KM#653)
•1 Uechlik, 1835 (Sultan Mahmud II (1808-1839), billon, Constantinople mint, KM#602)
•5 Para, 1879 (Sultan Abdulhamid II (1876-1909), copper, Constantinople mint, KM#728)
•5 Para, 1913 (Sultan Mehmed V (1909-1918), nickel, Constantinople mint, KM#759)
•20 Para, 1864 (Sultan Abdülaziz (1861-1876), copper, Constantinople mint, KM#701)
•20 Para, 1913 (Sultan Mehmed V (1909-1918), nickel, Constantinople mint, KM#761)
•20 Para, 1914 (Sultan Mehmed V (1909-1918), nickel, Constantinople mint, KM#761)
•1 Kuruş, 1865 (Sultan Abdülaziz (1861-1876), silver (.830), Constantinople mint, KM#689)
•1 Kuruş, 1898 (Sultan Abdülaziz (1861-1876), silver (.833), Constantinople mint, KM#735)
•40 Para, 1916 (Sultan Mehmed V (1909-1918), cupronickel, Constantinople mint, KM#779)
•2 Kuruş, 1886 (Sultan Abdulhamid II (1876-1909), silver (.830), Constantinople mint, KM#736)
•2 Kuruş, 1914 (Sultan Mehmed V (1909-1918), silver (.830), Constantinople mint, KM#749)
•5 Kuruş, 1906 (Sultan Abdulhamid II (1876-1909), silver (.830), Constantinople mint, KM#737)