The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Ottoman Empire: The Ottoman Empire was a Muslim empire that lasted from c. 1299 to 1922. It was also known by its European contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey after the principal ethnic group. At its zenith from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries it controlled Southeast Europe, Southwest Asia and North Africa. General history Main periods Rise of the Ottoman Empire Classical Age of the Ottoman Empire Transformation of the Ottoman Empire Territorial evolution of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman ancien régime Decline and modernization of the Ottoman Empire Defeat and dissolution of the Ottoman Empire Partition Subperiods Ottoman Interregnum Sultanate of Women Köprülü era Tulip period Tanzimat era 1st Constitutional Era 2nd Constitutional Era Historiography Ottoman Decline Thesis Ghaza thesis Renegade thesis Historiography of the fall of the Ottoman Empire Structure of the Ottoman Empire Economic history of the Ottoman Empire State organization of the Ottoman Empire Social structure in the Ottoman Empire Culture of the Ottoman Empire Science and technology in the Ottoman Empire Ottoman Turkish language Demographics of the Ottoman Empire Religion in the Ottoman Empire Socioeconomics of the Ottoman enlargement era Millet system Ottoman Law Porte Tughra Line of succession to the Ottoman throne Military of the Ottoman Empire Enderun Janissary Sipahi Cebeci Nizam-ı Cedid Army Timar Nöker Ikta Eyalet Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire Sanjak Ağalık Kadılık Salname Titles and posts Sultan Grand vizier Vizier Beylerbey Pasha Kazasker Nisanci Defterdar Reisülküttap Lala Aga Sanjak bey History of Ottoman-ruled countries Albania Algeria Armenia Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Cyprus Egypt Eritrea Greece Hungary Slovakia Iraq Israel Jordan Kosovo Libya Macedonia Montenegro Palestine (Including Israel (q.v.)) Serbia Syria Sudan Tunisia Turkey Ukraine russia Ottoman Dynasty The sultans | Osman I Orhan (Gazi) Murad I (Hüdavendigar) Beyazid I (Yıldırım) Mehmed I (Çelebi) Murad II Mehmed II (Fatih) Bayezid II (Veli) Selim I (Yavuz) Suleiman I (Kanuni) Selim II (Sarı) Murad III Mehmed III Ahmed I Mustafa I Osman II (Genç) Murad IV İbrahim (Deli) | Mehmed IV (Avcı) Suleiman II Ahmed II Mustafa II Ahmed III Mahmud I Osman III Mustafa III Abdulhamid I Selim III Mustafa IV Mahmud II Abdülmecid Abdulaziz Murad V Abdulhamid II Mehmed V Mehmed VI Some male members of the Ottoman house Alaeddin Pasha Süleyman Pasha Şehzade Halil Savcı Bey Süleyman Çelebi İsa Çelebi Musa Çelebi Mustafa Çelebi Küçük Mustafa