Evrenos or Evrenuz was an Ottoman military commander.
12 Facts About Evrenos
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Evrenos served as a general under Suleyman Pasha, Murad I, Bayezid I, Suleyman Celebi and Mehmed I Legends stating that he lived for 129 years and had an incredibly long career are inaccurate.
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Evrenos was known as Gavrinos, and believed to descend from a Greek family.
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Stanford J Shaw states that Evrenos was originally a Byzantine Greek feudal prince in Anatolia who had entered Ottoman service following the capture of Bursa, converted to Islam, and later became a leading military commander under both Orhan and Murat.
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However, others dismiss this, noting that the Evrenos family were certainly of non-Turkish origin.
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Evrenos led many crucial Ottoman campaigns and battles in Bulgaria, Thessaly, and Serbia.
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Evrenos built a hospice in Komotini following his conquest of the area in 1363.
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The most famous battle Evrenos participated in was the shattering victory of the battle of Maritsa, where a small Ottoman force launched a devastating night raid and routed over 50,000 Serbian Empire soldiers.
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Evrenos conquered Kesan, Ipsala, Komotini, Feres, Xanthi, Maroneia, Monastir, and in 1397, Corinth.
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Gazi Evrenos died at an advanced age in Yenice-i Vardar.
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Isa "Prangi" Bey, Evrenos' father, was, according to some sources, the son of Bozoklu Han, who joined Suleyman Pasha in his conquest of Rumelia.
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Gazi Evrenos Bey was father of seven sons and several daughters.