The Rife of the Turkish Empire, and their Hiftory before 1300. 763, 4, and return'd to the Fenns HE Turks made an Incurfion into THE of Maotis, whence they first came. 844, they came thro' the Cafpian Streights, and paffing thro' Iberia, feiz'd on Armenia major, giving it the Name of Turcomannia. 1030, Tangrolopix conquer'd Perfia, 214. Years after the Turks came out of Scythia. 1051, the Turks came firft into Afia. 1057, Tangralopix took Babylon, and forced the Caliph to create him Emperor. 1075, the Turks being in poffeffion of Perfia, came into Syria, and 'twas agreed that Axan fhould have Perfia; Melee and Ducas fhould have Aleppo and Damafcus, and what they could conquer from the Saracens in Syria: And from these came the Turkish Kings at Damafcus, who lafted till 1262, when Haalan destroy'd the last. 1079, Ferufalem was taken by the Turks from the Saracens, who conquer'd it in 637. This Syrian Branch of the Turks, held all of the Perfian as Vaffals. 1075, To Cutlumufes was affign'd an Army, to conquer the Christians in Afia minor, and he conquer'd Media, Armenia, Cappadocia, Pontus, Bithynia; and from him came the Turkish Kings of the Zelzuccian Family. In Afia minor, Solyman his Son was difpof fefs'd fefs'd of his Estate by the Chriftians in the Holy War. Occata the Tartar having driven the Turks out of Perfia who were of the Zelzuccian Family, they fled under the Conduct of Aladin, and conquer'd Cilicia: He made Sebaftia his royal Seat, which was afterwards remov'd to Iconium; but all the Zelzuccian Family were destroy'd by the Tartars, or made Tributaries. Aladin the fecond was the last, after whose Death his Princes divided his Dominion. To Sarchan fell Æolis, Ionia, part of Lydia. To Aidin the reft of Lydia, Phrygia major, part of greater Myfia. To Cerafus the leffer Phrygia, with the reft of Myfia. To the Family of Isfenders, Heraclea, Sinope, part of Pontus. There were lesser Toparchies, a Prince of Smyrna, another of Amafia, and a third of Amifus. To Caraman the main body of Aladin's Kingdom came, Lycia, Lycaonia, Pifidia, Pamphylia, Ifauria, Cilicia, with the regal City Iconium, greatest part of Caria, with Cappadocia, Armenia minor, and fome Towns in Phrygia. The laft King of Caramania was Ibrahim the fecond, call'd Pyramus, he was conquer'd by Badjazet the fecond, and then the Caramanian Kingdom was united to the Otto man. The Ottoman was the other great Family of the Turks, which rofe from Solyman, the Father of Ortugal. 1214, Solyman fled from the Tartars out of Perfia, and was drowned in Euphrates; he had but a fmall Kingdom in Perfia, and Etrugall his Son begg'd a fmall Village from Aladin at Saguta. His Son was Ottoman. 1280, Ottoman fucceeded, and took Nice, and after Aladin's Death took the Title of Sultan, anno 1300. 1204, The Latins took Conftantinople, then Comenus fet up the Empire of Trape zond. 1290, The Chriftians were drove out of the East 1291; many drowned going to Crete; the Holy War began 1096. Not only the Turks and Chriftians destroy'd the the Saracens, but the Tartars anno 1220 conquer'd them, as well as the Turks in Perfia. 1264, A terrible Comet appear'd three Months. 1260, Haalon the Tartar conquer'd Perfia, and Babylon, and burnt the Mahometan Temples, they then being Christians. 1262, The Tartars deftroy'd the Zelzuccian Family, but the Mammalukes recover'd it in 1245, and poffefs'd Syria and Ægypt till 1516. 1310, Caffanes the Tartar came into Syria, and conquer'd the Egyptian Sultan: The Tartars held Afia 108 Years. 1397, Tamerlane flew of the Turks and Saracens 200000, and conquer'd Egypt. The The Rife of the Turkish Empire, call'd the Ottoman. A. D. 1300, Sultan, who conquer'd Ttoman is the first Turkif Phrygia, Bithynia, Myfia, and fome part of Pontus, the Cities Nice, Neapolis, Prufa: and other of the Turkish Princes feiz'd on Rhodes. 1328, Orchanes took Gallipolis in Thrace, Abydos, Nicomedia, and the Country of Corafina. 1350, Amurath took Adrianople, with the Thracian Cherfonefe, the Countries of Servia, and Bulgaria, the Cities Niffa, Apollonia; in 1387 he made War with Aladin the Caramanian King. 1373, Badjazet made himself Master of Thrace, Macedon, Achaia, the Cities Philadelphia in Lydia, Nicopolis in Greece, and befieg'd Conftantinople eight Years. In his War with Aladin the Caramanian King, he took Iconium, Larenda, Amafia in Cappadocia, Sebaftia, Caftimana, and Pontus, Sinope, Defpotelis, Hierapolis, Mentefia, and in Armenia, Meliten; he beat the Egyptian Sultan, reftor'd the King of Bagdet, to Rivacan; he made War in Bofnia, and Walachia, and opprefs'd the Mahometan Princes in Afia minor; but Badjazet was beat by Tamerlane the Tartar, and taken Prifoner at Mount Stella, 1397, and was kept in an Iron Cage. 1399, Solyman fucceeded, and conquer'd Badjazet's Sons in Afia and Europe. 1404, Mahomet reign'd, who conquer'd Ifa and Mufa, in Afia and Europe, and the Caramanian King, and recover'd all the Provinces conquer'd by Tamerlane: He conquer'd Dacia, Macedonia, Sclavonia. 1416, Amurath the fecond was King, who fubdu'd the Prince of Smyrna, the Aidinian King; he took Theffalonica in 1432, and afterwards Ætolia, then beat the Prince of Athens; Photia and Baotia fubmitted, and all Greece to Corinth: He invaded Hungary, and Tranfylvania in 1440; Hunniades oppos'd him at Belgrade. He defeated the Christians at Varnas, and died in the Siege of Scanderbeg. 1450, Mahomet the Great beat the Caramanian King, then took Conftantinople, and turn'd St. Sophia into a Mofch, anno 1453: He then became the first Emperor of the Turks, conquer'd Peloponnefus and Trapezond: Lesbos was taken 1462, Chalcis in Eubea, an. 1470, Bofnia 1464, Caffa in the Taurica: Cherfonefus was taken from the Genoese, and the Tartars Pracopenfes and Deftenfes fubmitted to the Ottomans: He conquer'd Albania, made Incurfions into Dalmatia; Iftria, Carniola, Triuli, Scodra were furrender'd by the Venetians, anno 1478; he befieg'd Rhodes in vain, but took Otranto in Italy:" He deftroy'd the Temple and Images at Conftantinople, call'd the Crucifix the God of the Chriftians; three days the Soldiers kill'd, pillag'd |