Where did the Ottomans come from?

by RasVonTrap

Did the Ottomans always live under Byzantine rule in Anatolia and then decided to rebel or did they somehow come from outside the Byzantine Empire? And how did they manage to conquer such a big nation?

sheehanmilesk

The ottomans aren't a people, they're a dynasty named after their founder, Osman the first. The byzantines had lost control over almost all of Anatolia by the time he was born.