Ottoman Empire: Map & Borders Over Time
Ottoman Empire appears on 12 of the 39 border maps, from 1400 to 1914. Its mapped territory was largest in 1650, at roughly 5.48 million km². Chronica Maps groups it with the Turkic states lineage, shown in the same colour across periods.
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Territory of Ottoman Empire over time
Approximate area on each border map.
| Map year | Approx. area | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1400 | 390,000 km² | – |
| 1492 | 1.09 million km² | +179% |
| 1500 | 1.09 million km² | +0% |
| 1600 | 5.27 million km² | +385% |
| 1650 | 5.48 million km² | +4% |
| 1700 | 5.07 million km² | -8% |
| 1783 | 3.08 million km² | -39% |
| 1800 | 3.08 million km² | +0% |
| 1815 | 2.26 million km² | -27% |
| 1880 | 3.16 million km² | +39% |
| 1900 | 3.14 million km² | 0% |
| 1914 | 1.80 million km² | -43% |
Cities within Ottoman Empire in 1650
- Istanbul
- Athens
- Alexandria
- Carthage
- Budapest
- Belgrade
- Sofia
- Thessaloniki
- Jerusalem
- Antioch
- Odesa
- Sevastopol
- Bucharest
- Ankara
- İzmir
- Bursa
- İznik
- Konya
- Edirne
- Trabzon
- Tbilisi
- Baku
- Baghdad
- Damascus
- Mecca
- Cairo
- Khartoum
- Meroë
Rulers (Ottomans / Turkey)
| Reign | Ruler |
|---|---|
| 1389–1402 | Bayezid I |
| 1402–1413 | Interregnum |
| 1413–1421 | Mehmed I |
| 1421–1451 | Murad II |
| 1451–1481 | Mehmed II the Conqueror |
| 1481–1512 | Bayezid II |
| 1512–1520 | Selim I |
| 1520–1566 | Suleiman the Magnificent |
| 1566–1574 | Selim II |
| 1574–1595 | Murad III |
| 1623–1640 | Murad IV |
| 1648–1687 | Mehmed IV |
| 1703–1730 | Ahmed III |
| 1789–1807 | Selim III |
| 1808–1839 | Mahmud II |
| 1839–1861 | Abdulmejid I |
| 1876–1909 | Abdul Hamid II |
| 1909–1918 | Mehmed V |
| 1918–1922 | Mehmed VI |