Names of the Ottoman Empire

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The state of the Ottomans which began as part of the Anatolian Seljuk Sultanate and became an independent Empire, has been known historically by different names at different periods and in various languages. This page surveys the history of these names and their usage.

Contents 1 Beylik Phase 2 State Phase, 1299 3 Empire Phase, 1453 4 References 5 Historic maps using the alternative names of the Ottoman Empire

[edit] Beylik Phase

Modern Turkish: Osmanlı Beyliği;

[edit] State Phase, 1299

The first declaration of statehood happened under Osman I.

• Āl-e Uṭmān (Persian: آل عثمان; also transliterated as Âl-i Osman)

[edit] Empire Phase, 1453

• Medieval Latin: Turchia
• Medieval Latin: Imperium Turcicum
• English: Turkey (derived from Medieval Latin); the current use of the name Turkey refers to the Republic of Turkey which succeeded the Ottoman Empire in 1923
• English: Turkish Empire, Ottoman Empire, Osmanic Empire, Osmanian Empire
• Ottoman Turkish/Persian: دولت عليه عثمانيه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye (The Sublime Ottoman State)^[1]
• Ottoman Turkish/Persian: Devlet-i Âliye (The Sublime State)
• Ottoman Turkish/Persian: Devlet-i Ebed-Müddet (The Eternal State)
• Ottoman Turkish/Persian: Memâlik-i Mahrûse (The Well-Protected Domains)
• Ottoman Turkish/Persian: Memâlik-i Mahrûse-i Osmanî (The Well-Protected Domains of the Ottomans)
• Modern Turkish: Osmanlı İmparatorluğu (Ottoman Empire),
• Arabic: الدولةُ العليةُ العثمانيةُ Ad-Dawlat al-ˤĀlī al-ˤUthmānī (The Sublime Ottoman State)
• Bulgarian: Османска империя (Osmanska Imperia)
• Greek: Οθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία (Othomanikí Aftokratoría)
• Armenian: Օսմանյան Կայսրություն (Osmanyan Kaysroutyoun)
• Macedonian: Отоманска Империја (Otomanska Imperija)

In diplomatic circles, the Ottoman government was often referred to as the "Sublime Porte", a literal translation of the Ottoman Turkish Bâb-ı Âlî, which was the only gate of the imperial Topkapı Palace that was open to foreigners, and where the Sultan, Grand Vizier or Viziers greeted the ambassadors.

[edit] References

[edit] Historic maps using the alternative names of the Ottoman Empire

• Historic map by John Bartholomew & Co.: Changes in Turkey in Europe, 1856 to 1878
• Map of Turkey in Europe and Hungary in the 17th century, engraved by J. Russell, published in Barclay's Universal Dictionary, 1823
• Map of Turkey in Europe and Hungary in the 17th century, engraved by J. Barlow, published by Brightly & Kinnersley in the Rev. E. Blomfield's A Complete and Universal Dictionary, 1812
• Map of Turkey in Europe and Hungary, drawn and engraved by Sidney Hall, published in the General Atlas of Ancient and Modern Geography, 1827
• Map of Turkey in Europe by J. Rapkin, published by J & F Tallis, London, Edinburgh & Dublin, c.1850
• Map of Turkey in Europe by Sidney Hall, printed in colours by Fr. Schenck, Edinburgh and published by A & C Black, c.1856
• Map of Turkey in Europe by J. Wyld, engraved by N.R. Hewitt and published in Edinburgh by John Thompson & Co., c.1823
• Map of Turkey in Europe engraved by A. Findlay and published by Thomas Kelly in A New and Complete System of Universal Geography, 1818
• Map of Turkey in Europe by John Archer, published in The National Encyclopedia Atlas, 1868
• Map of Turkey in Europe by Keith Johnston. Published in Keith Johnston's The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, 1861
• Map of Turkey in Asia engraved by John Archer, published in The College Atlas, c.1850
• Map of Turkey in Asia by J. Bartholomew, published in Philips' Imperial Library Atlas (edited by William Hughes), London, 1864
• Map of Turkey in Asia (Asia Minor) and Transcaucasia" by Keith Johnston, published in Keith Johnston's The Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, 1861
• Map of Turkey in Asia engraved by J. Russell, published in Barclay's Universal Dictionary, 1823
• Map of Turkey in Asia engraved by Sidney Hall and published in Black's General Atlas, Edinburgh, 1846
• Map of Turkey in Asia in Kelly's New System of Universal Geography, 1828
• Map of Turkey in Asia published in Cooke's Geography, 1817
• Map of the Turkish Empire in Europe and Asia, by George Cram, c.1890
• Map of the Turkish Empire (Natoliam, Turcia Turcicive Imperii) published by De Jode, c.1590
• Map of the Turkish Empire (Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa; regiones proprias, tributarias, clientelares) by Johann Baptist Homann, c.1720
• Map of the Turkish Empire (Imperium Turcicum complectens Europae, Asiae et Africae) by P. Schenk, Amsterdam, c. 1720
• Map of the Turkish Empire (Turcicum Imperium) by Jodocus Hondius, 1607. Published in English by Michael Sparke, London, 1635
• Map of the Turkish Empire (1844)
• Map of the Turkish Empire in Europe and Asia, published by Letts, London, 1883
• Turcicum Imperium
• Turcicum Imperium