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II. ORCHAN (1326-59) 20 III. MURAD I (1359-89) 31 IV. BAYEZID I (1389-1403) 44 V. MAHOMET I (1413-21) 59 VI. MURAD II (1421-51) 64 VII. MAHOMET II, ‘THE CONQUEROR’ (1451-81) 73 VIII. BAYEZID II (1481-1512) 98 IX. SELIM I (1512-20) 103 X. SOLYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT (1520-66) 114 XI. GRAND VIZIER SOKOLLI (1566-78) 136

PART II

THE DECAY OF EMPIRE

XII.	THE RULE OF SULTANAS (1578-1656)	151
XIII.	THE KIUPRILI VIZIERS (1656-1702)	168
XIV.	TO THE TREATY OF PASSAROWITCH (1702-18)	191
XV.	TO THE TREATY OF BELGRADE (1718-39)	203
XVI.	TO THE TREATY OF KAINARDJI (1739-74)	211
XVII.	TO THE TREATY OF JASSY (1774-92)	223
XVIII.	TO THE TREATY OF BUCHAREST (1792-1812)	238
XIX.	MAHMOUD II (1808-39)	255
XX.	THE RULE OF ELCHIS (1839-76)	287
XXI.	ABDUL HAMID II (1876-1909)	316
XXII.	THE YOUNG TURKS (1909-14)	352
XXIII.	A RETROSPECT	369
	APPENDIX—GENEALOGY OF THE OTTOMAN SULTANS	382
	INDEX	385

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LIST OF MAPS

1. SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST ENTRY OF THE OTTOMANS IN 1353	Facing page 31
2. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE AT THE TIME OF ITS GREATEST EXTENT	Facing page 148
3. SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE AND ASIA MINOR IN 1914	Facing page 369

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PART I

THE GROWTH OF EMPIRE

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OTHMAN
1288-1326

Towards the middle of the thirteenth century a small band or tribe of nomad Turks migrated from