Murad I

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sultan who took Adrianople and fell at Kosovo

c. 1326 – 1389 · 63 years · Edirne · Middle East

Reign: 1362 – 1389 (Ottoman Empire)

The first to take the title of sultan, he conquered Adrianople (Edirne) and made it his capital and created the Janissary corps. He was killed at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, by tradition at the hand of the Serbian knight Miloš Obilić.

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