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Evrenos

Evrenos or Evrenuz (died 1417, Yenice-i Vardar) was an Ottoman military commander and frontier lord active during the expansion of Ottoman power into the Balkans in the second half of the 14th century. He served as a general under Süleyman Pasha, Murad I, Bayezid I, Süleyman Çelebi and Mehmed I, and played a central role in the Ottoman conquest and consolidation of large parts of Macedonia, Thrace, and central Greece.

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Evrenos or Evrenuz (died 1417, Yenice-i Vardar) was an Ottoman military commander and frontier lord active during the expansion of Ottoman power into the Balkans in the second half of the 14th century. He served as a general under Süleyman Pasha, Murad I, Bayezid I, Süleyman Çelebi and Mehmed I, and played a central role in the Ottoman conquest and consolidation of large parts of Macedonia, Thrace, and central Greece.

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  1. date of death: 1417 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of death is "1417". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359796989

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