Osman's DreamThe Ottoman chronicles recount that the first sultan, Osman, dreamt of the dynasty he would found a tree, fully formed, emerged from his navel, symbolising the vigour of his successors and the extent of their domains. Osman's Dream is the first book to tell the full story of the Ottoman dynasty that for six centuries held sway over territories stretching, at their greatest, from Hungary to the Persian Gulf, and from North Africa to the Caucasus.