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TheOttomanchroniclesrecountthatthefirstsultan,Osman,dreamtofthedynastyhewouldfound-atree,fully-formed,emergedfromhisnavel,symbolisingthevigourofhissuccessorsandtheextentoftheirdomains.ThisisthefirstbooktotellthefullstoryoftheOttomandynastythatforsixcenturiesheldswayoverterritoriesstretching,attheirgreatest,fromHungarytothePersianGulf,andfromNorthAfricatotheCaucasus.UnderstandingtherealizationofOsman'svisionisessentialforanyonewhoseekstounderstandthemodernworld.(20050701)