. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . juk Sultan, in his war against the the end of a successful contest, Erthoq^rul was re-warded by the grateful Sultan with small tracts of landin Byzantine provinces as a home for his people. Thisevent gave prestige to the present line of sovereigns ofthe Turkish empire in western Asia, and serves as theconnecting link between the legendary and verifiedhistory of this notable Turanian family. Erthogrul was yet alive when his son Othman, orOsman, the founder of the present dynasty, came
. The Turk and the land of Haig; or, Turkey and Armenia: descriptive, historical, and picturesque . juk Sultan, in his war against the the end of a successful contest, Erthoq^rul was re-warded by the grateful Sultan with small tracts of landin Byzantine provinces as a home for his people. Thisevent gave prestige to the present line of sovereigns ofthe Turkish empire in western Asia, and serves as theconnecting link between the legendary and verifiedhistory of this notable Turanian family. Erthogrul was yet alive when his son Othman, orOsman, the founder of the present dynasty, came forthin the annals of Turkish history, in fanciful vision sur-rounded with miraculous revelations and marvelouscircumstances of birth. His sword is still worn bysovereigns at their coronation ; and from him the nativesurname Osmanli, and the European corruption Otto-man, have been derived. Modern Turks prefer and takepride in the term Osmanli or Ottoman, while the nameTurk they consider a disparagement and an insult ;yet all Turks are not Ottomans. During the famous administration of Othman his. Br PER. OF THE CHRISTIAN HERALD, NEW YOHk. SOME OF THE SULTANS OF TURKEY. 226 THE TURK AND THE LAND OF HAIG. followers spread themselves on the Byzantine frontier,occupying the cities of Eski-Shehr and Seljuks, as fast as they were subdued, fusedwith the Ottomans. And so did great numbers ofChristians, in the conquered states of Europe. Asthe two essential prerogatives of an Eastern sover-eign, Othman coined money and caused public prayersto be read in his own name (1301). He intro-duced the absolute ownership of land among hispeople. After a firm establishment of his power, Oth-man waged war against his old adversaries, the Mon-gol hordes, and drove them out of Kara-Hissar. It isalleged that he was of such a just and generous char-acter that the subjects of the East Roman emperorfled to his protection ; and it is commonly said thatthis wise and good man ruled after the
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