Köse Mihal
Byzantine governor of Chirmenkia and battle companion of Osman Ghazi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Köse Mihal (Ottoman Turkish: كوسه ميخال; Turkish for "Michael the Beardless"; 13th century – c. 1340)[1] accompanied Osman I in his ascent to power as a bey and founder of the Ottoman Empire. He is considered to be the first significant Byzantine renegade and convert to Islam[2][3] to enter Ottoman service (see Nöker).
He was also known as Gazi Mihal (Ottoman Turkish: غازى ميخال) [4] and Abdullah Mihal Gazi.[5] He ruled over Harmankaya Kalesi (Ottoman Turkish: خرمن قيا قلعه سى).