CHAPTER IV

BAYEZID: THE OSMANLIS INHERIT THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE 180

APPENDIX A

TRADITIONAL MISCONCEPTIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF THE OSMANLIS AND THEIR EMPIRE 263

APPENDIX B

THE EMIRATES OF ASIA MINOR DURING THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY 277

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLES 303

BIBLIOGRAPHY 319

INDEX 369

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1. CONQUESTS OF MURAD AND BAYEZID IN THE BALKAN PENINSULA AND OF BAYEZID IN ASIA MINOR _Frontispiece_

2. THE EMIRATE OF OSMAN 31

3. THE EMIRATES OF OSMAN AND ORKHAN 67

4. THE EMIRATE OF MURAD 113

5. TIMUR’S INVASION OF ASIA MINOR 247

6. THE EMIRATES OF ASIA MINOR IN THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY 278