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“The Kayı Tribe was settled in the region surrounding the towns of Söğüt-Domanic on the edges of Bithynia near the border with Byzantium. Probably during this brief period, they remained nominally under the control of the Chobanid beys.”
“War was not the only contributing factor to the growth of the Ottoman army. Another crucial pillar strengthening the state was the presence of strong artisans’ guilds and urban brotherhoods with links to the Islamic Sufi order, like the Ahis guild.”