To start, based my the readings of Chapter 10 and the documentary “Islam, Empire of Faith”, much happened during 13th century, such as conquering and crisis. In this essay, I will speak about who the Mevlevi Dervishes and Rumi are, and how tribes ended up in Asia minor. Along with, how Othman managed to turn foreigners to reckon with, a list of Ottoman sultans, and what made Constantinople a important city to the Ottoman. The Mevlevi Dervishes was a Sufi order in Konya. In the Sufi path, Dervish is a common term. It means someone guiding a intellectual Muslim down a path. The Mevlevi Dervishes was founded by the followers of Jalaudin-i Balkhi, a 13th-century Persian poet, and Sufi mystic (wikipedia.org). Balkhi was born in Balkh, thus the reason he is know by that name. His father began to notice trouble coming and moved the family to the sultanate of Rum. With that, being the reason many know the famous poet as Jalaludin-i Rumi now.
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A descendant named Timur-i-lang, came into Central Asia and ran into a riot. He was able to carry out captives in many ways such as dropping them, still living, into tall, windowless towers until he had filled the towers to the brim — later emerging into Asia Minor in the same way. “Asia Minor had long been the frontier between Turkish Muslims and European Christians” states Tamim Ansary. Othman managed to turn foreigners into a major force to reckon with by leading a ghazi family in Anatolia. His descendants were called the Othmanlis, or Ottomans — when they began to build a powerful empire. His nomads were out of Central Asia, but he was not very far from his roots. As his descendants grew more force, they started to mop up ghazi states, along with defeating them and even buying them out. The Ottoman family become a dynasty of long-lived rulers with success and
A descendant named Timur-i-lang, came into Central Asia and ran into a riot. He was able to carry out captives in many ways such as dropping them, still living, into tall, windowless towers until he had filled the towers to the brim — later emerging into Asia Minor in the same way. “Asia Minor had long been the frontier between Turkish Muslims and European Christians” states Tamim Ansary. Othman managed to turn foreigners into a major force to reckon with by leading a ghazi family in Anatolia. His descendants were called the Othmanlis, or Ottomans — when they began to build a powerful empire. His nomads were out of Central Asia, but he was not very far from his roots. As his descendants grew more force, they started to mop up ghazi states, along with defeating them and even buying them out. The Ottoman family become a dynasty of long-lived rulers with success and