From 1603 to 1617, Ahmed I served as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Ahmed's reign is notable for being the first time the Ottoman custom of royal fratricide was broken; from then on, Ottoman rul ...
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Mehmed III, whose reign was marked by a protracted war with Austria and major uprisings in Anatolia. Mehmed's rule began with the fight against Austria, which had already been going on for two ...
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Sultan Selim II is often known as Selim the Blond or Selim the Drunk. He ruled the Ottoman Empire. Suleiman the Magnificent had a son with his wife, Hurrem Sultan. Selim had been an unlikely conten ...
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Suleiman I was acknowledged in the West as Suleiman the Magnificent and in his realm as Suleiman the Lawgiver. He was the eleventh and longest-reigning sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He reigned from ...
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Selim I was also known as Selim the Resolute or Selim the Grim. From 1512 until 1520, he was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Despite his short tenure, his reign is remembered for the Empire's mas ...
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Bayezid II was Mehmed II's eldest son and successor. From 1481 to 1512, he was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Before abdicating the throne to his son Selim I, Bayezid II stabilized the Ottoman E ...
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Mehmed II, often known as Mehmed the Conqueror, was a Muslim conqueror. He was an Ottoman sultan who reigned from August 1444 to September 1446, again from February 1451 to May 1481. At the age of ...
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Murad II was the Ottoman Empire's Sultan from 1421 to 1444 and again from 1446 to 1451. Murad II ruled in an era of significant economic growth. Trade grew, and Ottoman cities grew significantl ...
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From 1413 to 1421, Mehmed I, also known as Mehmed Çelebi or Kirişçi, was the Ottoman Sultan. During the Ottoman Interregnum, he fought with his brothers for leadership of the Ottoman ...
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From 1389 until 1402 Bayezid I commonly known as Bayezid the Thunderbolt was the Ottoman Sultan. Gülçiçek Hatun and Murad I were his parents. He amassed one of the world's gr ...
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From 1362 until 1389, Murad I was the Ottoman Sultan. Orhan Gazi and Nilüfer Hatun were his parents. Murad I ascended to the throne following the death of his elder brother Süleyman Pasha ...
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From 1323/1324 until 1362, Orhan Ghazi was the second bey of the Ottoman Beylik. As Osman's son, he was born in Söğüt. Orhan concentrated his efforts in the early stages of his rule o ...
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