The Reign of Bayezid I, 1389-1402

from

The Ottoman Empire, 1300-1481

by Colin Imber

 Isis Press (1990)
ISBN: 975-428-015-0

Written by one of the most important historians in the field, this book is an account of the rise of the Ottomans during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.  We thank ISIS Press for their permission to republish the following chapter from this book: 

The Reign of Bayezid I, 1389-1402 (PDF file)

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The Origins of the Ottoman Empire and the Reigns of Osman, Orhan and Murad I, 1071-1389
2. The Reign of Bayezid I, 1389-1402
3. The Ottoman Civil War, 1402-1413
4. The Reign of Mehmed, 1413-1421
5. The Reign of Murad II (1): From 1421 to 1437
6. The Reign of Murad II (2): From 1438 to 1451
7. The Reign of Mehmed II (1): From 1451 to 1463
8. The Reign of Mehmed II (2): From 1463 to 1474
9. The Reign of Mehmed II (3): From 1475 to 1481
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Maps

This book is still available from ISIS Press, which is based in Istanbul, Turkey.  They also publisher many other books that deal with Ottoman history. 

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