Sultan Bayezid I, also known as Yıldırım Bayezid, the fourth sultan of the Ottoman Empire, earned his nickname “Yıldırım,” or “Thunderbolt,” for his rapid military campaigns and strategic conquests that helped pave the way for the empire to become a major state.
Bayezid ascended to the throne following the death of his father, Sultan Murad I, who was killed at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. As sultan, Bayezid expanded Ottoman territories at an unprecedented pace.
Working to unify the Anatolian Turks, he brought numerous beyliks under Ottoman rule.
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