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On Murad's death in 1595 Mehmed III, his eldest son and new sultan, son of Safiye Sultan, executed the 19 half-brothers still alive and drowned seven pregnant concubines, fulfilling the Law of Fraticide.
Şehzade Mahmud (Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمود; c. 1587 – 7 June 1603) was an Ottoman prince, the son of sultan Mehmed III and Halime Sultan.He was the grandson of sultan Murad III and Safiye Sultan, the half-brother of the future sultan Ahmed I and the brother of sultan Mustafa I.
During the eventual reign of Mehmed II (1451–1481), fratricide was legalized as an official practice; during the reign of Bayezid II (1481–1512), fratricide between Bayezid II's sons occurred before Bayezid II himself died; [9] and after the reign of Murad III (1574–1595), his successor Mehmed III executed 19 brothers to claim the throne ...
Following his father’s early death in 1617, he, along with his mother and brothers, were banished to the Old Palace (Eski Sarayı). After Murad ’s accession in 1623, Kasım was confined in the Kafes , which was the part of the Imperial Harem where possible successors to the throne were kept under a form of house-arrest and constant ...
With the deaths of his older half-brothers, Mahmud and Murad in 1520, Mustafa became his father's only heir until the birth of the children of the new favorite Hürrem Sultan starting from 1521. [4] [5] Pietro Bragadin, ambassador in the early years of Suleiman's reign, reported that Mustafa was his mother’s "whole joy". [5]
Weddings were a common cause for celebration and an opportunity for imperial princesses to display their wealth and power while also promoting charity. As the daughter of Murad III was about to be married to a prominent admiral, she gave newly minted coins to all the onlookers, some making off with a whole skirt-full of wealth. [3] [page needed]
Mehmed III (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثالث, Meḥmed-i sālis; Turkish: III. Mehmed ; 26 May 1566 – 22 December 1603) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. Mehmed was known for ordering the execution of his brothers and leading the army in the Long Turkish War , during which the Ottoman army was ...
His father had acknowledged the probability of his elder half-brother Şehzade Mustafa's success. However, Cihangir ventured that his physical deformity would allow him to escape the princely fate of fratricide, to which his father responded, "My son, Mustafa, will become the sultan and will deprive you all of your lives."