9. Osman Bey, d. 1299 Osman, d. 1326 Orhan, d. 1362 Murad, d. 1389 Bayezid “the Thunderbolt,” d. 1402 Timurid Interregnum, 1402- 1413 Mehmed I, d. 1421 Murad II, 1421-1444 and 1446- 1451 Mehmed II “the Conqueror,” 1444-1446 and 1451-1481 Bayezid II, d. 1512 Selim, d. 1520 Suleyman “the Magnificent,” d. 1566

10. Gentile Bellini, Portrait of Mehmed the Conqueror, 1480

11. With the collapse of the Pax Mongolica in the 15 th c., the Ottomans served as a vital last link on the silk road

16. Above: Gate of Salutations, with access to second court and the main palace structure Below: The throne room, in the third court just past the Gate of Felicitations