The Ottoman Ulema 1: Osman, The Caliphate & The Mamluks - With Dr Yakoob Ahmed
The Thinking Muslim
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The Ottoman Empire - The History of the Otton Empire
The ottomans were a calipate, and they saw themselves as a caliph. The title given to be those moslems who would follow the prophets ar the larges the lemen. Historians have a difference of opinion on whether or not this is what happened. But you can see clearly in the case of genc osa, before that, in the seventeenth century, that he considered himself a caliph - it's clear that they have internalized it already.
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