690 AH
Traditional date, disputed
Staying with the scholar Edebali, Osman dreams that a tree grows from him until its shade covers the world. Edebali reads it as an empire and gives him his daughter in marriage.
How it touches Islam Ottoman histories tied the dynasty's rise to the blessing of a scholar, not only to the sword.
Osman ISheikh Edebali
Source: Tradition ·
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