abstract:Murad I () () (nicknamed Hüdavendigâr - from Persian : خداوندگار Khodāvandgār - meaning "sovereign" in this context), (March or June 29, 1326, Sogut or Bursa – June 15, 1389, Battle of Kosovo Polje) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1362 to 1389. He was the son of Orhan and the Valide Sultan Nilüfer Hatun and became the ruler following his father's death in 1362.