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search For the name, see Orhan (name). Ottoman Sultan
Romanticised western depiction of Orhan Reign 1324–1362
Predecessor Osman I Successor Murad I Sultan of the Ottoman
Empire Consort Nilüfer Hatun Asporça Hatun Theodora Hatun Maria
Hatun Eftandise Hatun Royal house House of Osman Father Osman I
Mother Malhun Hatun Religion Islam  Orhan or Orhan Bey (Ottoman:
اورخان غازی, Orhan Gazi; 1281 – March 1362) was the second bey
of the nascent Ottoman Empire (then known as the Ottoman Beylik
or Emirate) from 1326 to 1362. He was born in Söğüt, the son of
Osman I and Malhun Hatun.  In the early stages of his reign,
Orhan focused his energies on conquering most of northwestern
Anatolia. The majority of these areas were under Byzantine rule
and he won his first battle, at Pelekanon, against the Byzantine
Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos. Orhan also occupied the
lands of the Karasids of Balıkesir and the Ahis of Ankara.  A
series of civil wars surrounding the