Round 17: Tossup 4

In a likely-invented story, this ruler received the right to rule through the gift of a horsehair baton and a war drum. New monarchs would receive this ruler’s sword at the tomb of the companion Abu Ayyub al-Ansari. (10[1])Both a 2017 environmental (-5[1])history by Alan Mikhail and a survey by Caroline Finkel are partly titled for this (10[1])ruler, (10[1])who married Rabia Bela Hatun after sheltering at the house of Sheikh Edebali. (10[1])The poet Ahmedî recorded that this ruler was a zealous member of the Kayı (“KA-yih”) Tribe, inspiring Paul Wittek’s discredited Ghazi (10[1]-5[1])Thesis. (10[2])This victor (-5[1])at the Battle of Bapheus ruled (10[2])from Söğüt (10[1])(“SO-oot”), likely as an Ilkhanid vassal. (10[1]-5[1])This ruler, who expanded his beylik by capturing Bithynia in 1301, (10[2])legendarily dreamed (10[2])that a tree (10[1])sprouted (10[1]-5[1])from his navel. (10[1])For 10 points, name this founder (10[1])of the Turkic dynasty that conquered Constantinople. ■END■ (10[3]0[3])

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