<P> In accounting for the crescent and star symbol , Ottomans sometimes referred to a legendary dream of the eponymous founder of the Ottoman house , Osman I , in which he is reported to have seen a moon rising from the breast of a qadi whose daughter he sought to marry . `` When full , it descended into his own breast . Then from his loins there sprang a tree , which as it grew came to cover the whole world with the shadow of its green and beautiful branches . '' Beneath it Osman saw the world spread out before him , surmounted by the crescent . </P>
<P> In accounting for the crescent and star symbol , Ottomans sometimes referred to a legendary dream of the eponymous founder of the Ottoman house , Osman I , in which he is reported to have seen a moon rising from the breast of a qadi whose daughter he sought to marry . `` When full , it descended into his own breast . Then from his loins there sprang a tree , which as it grew came to cover the whole world with the shadow of its green and beautiful branches . '' Beneath it Osman saw the world spread out before him , surmounted by the crescent . </P>
what is the meaning of the turkish flag
what is the meaning of the turkish flag
a legendary dream of the eponymous founder of the Ottoman house , Osman I
a legendary dream of the eponymous founder of the Ottoman house , Osman I