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Revision as of 06:45, 17 August 2022

Şehzade Mehmed
[[File:Mausoleum of Sultan Ahmed I - interior - P1030866.JPG]]

The sarcophagus of Şehzade Mehmed is located in the Ahmed I Mausoleum, Blue Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey

Born 11 March 1605

Istanbul, Ottoman Empire

Died 12 January 1621 (aged 15)

Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
(modern day Istanbul, Turkey)

Burial 12 January 1621 (aged 15)

Istanbul, Ottoman Empire Ahmed I Mausoleum, Blue Mosque, Istanbul

Father Ahmed I
Mother Kösem Sultan or Mahfiruze Hatice Sultan
Religion Sunni Islam

Şehzade Mehmed (Template:Lang-ota; 11 March 1605 – 12 January 1621) was an Ottoman prince, the second son of Sultan Ahmed I and Mahfiruze Sultan

Life

Şehzade Mehmed was born on 11 March 1605 in Istanbul. He was the second son of Sultan Ahmed I[1][2]

Mehmed's Mother

It is unclear who was the Mehmed's mother. According to Necdet Sakaoğlu, Mehmed's mother was Mahfiruze.[3] Some other historians suggests that Mehmed's mother was a normal cariye from the Imperial Harem.

Ahmed I Reign's

In January 1609, Mehmed began his education under the guardianship of Hoca Ömer Efendi, together with his elder brother, Şehzade Osman (future Sultan Osman II).[4]

After his father's death in 1617, when Mehmed was twelve years old,[1] his uncle Sultan Mustafa I ascended the throne. However, he was soon deposed and replaced by Osman in 1618.[5]

Death

Osman had asked the Şeyhülislam Hocazade Esad Efendi for an affirmative legal opinion to execute his brother. However, Esad Efendi refused to issue legal opinion. The Chief Judge of Rumeli Kemaleddin Efendi instead affirmed the execution of the prince.[6] And so on 12 January 1621,[7][8] Mehmed was executed. When the executors were stretching rope in his neck he spoke:

"Osman! I wish from Allah your reign get ruined, I hope you could not reign as much as what you have deprived me of my life!"[9]

Twelve days following his death, a harsh snow fall in Istanbul which was considered as Allah’s message to Osman that he killed his brother.[9] Osman ordered Mehmed's execution before leaving the capital for the Polish campaign.[10][11]

He was buried beside his father in his mausoleum[12] located in Blue Mosque, Istanbul.[13]

In 2015 Turkish historical fiction TV series Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, Şehzade Mehmed is portrayed by Turkish actor Burak Dakak.

References

  1. ^ a b Börekçi, Günhan (2010). Factions And Favorites At The Courts Of Sultan Ahmed I (r. 1603-17) And His Immediate Predecessors (Thesis). Ohio State University. pp. 117, 142.
  2. ^ Tezcan, Baki (2007). "The Debut of Kösem Sultan's Political Career". Turcica. 39–40. Éditions Klincksieck: 350–51, 356. doi:10.2143/TURC.40.0.2037143.
  3. ^ Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2015). Bu mülkün kadın sultanları: valide sultanlar, hatunlar, hasekiler, kadinefendiler, sultanefendiler (in Turkish). Alfa Basım Yayım Dağıtım. ISBN 978-605-171-079-2.
  4. ^ Çiçek 2012, p. 21 n. 51.
  5. ^ A ́goston, Ga ́bor; Masters, Bruce Alan (21 May 2010). Encyclopedia of the Ottoman Empire. Infobase Publishing. p. 409. ISBN 978-1-438-11025-7.
  6. ^ Çiçek 2012, p. 32-33.
  7. ^ Yılmaz, Coşkun (2008). Uluslararası Üsküdar Sempozyumu V, 1-5 Kasım 2007: bildiriler, Volume 2. Üsküdar Belediyesi. p. 493. ISBN 978-9-944-58075-5.
  8. ^ Çiçek 2012, p. 32.
  9. ^ a b Sakaoğlu 2015, p. 213.
  10. ^ Gabriel Piterberg (2003). An Ottoman Tragedy: History and Historiography at Play. University of California Press. pp. 20, 21, 85, 89. ISBN 978-0-520-93005-6.
  11. ^ Çiçek 2012, p. 33.
  12. ^ Bey, Mehmet Süreyya; Aktan, Ali; Yuvalı, Abdülkadir; Keskin, Mustafa (1995). Tezkire-i meşâhir-i Osmaniyye. Sebil Yayınevi. p. 68. ISBN 978-9-757-48083-9.
  13. ^ Çiçek 2012, p. 31.

Notes

  1. "Twelve days following his death, a harsh snow fall in Istanbul which was considered as Allah’s message to Osman that he killed his brother." This part actually wrong. Historian Celal Şengör saying "This winter is the part of the Little Ice Age, not because Şehzade Mehmed's curse."

For more information: Little Ice Age

Sources

  • Çiçek, Fikri (2014). An examination of daily politics and factionalism at the Ottoman Imperial court in relation to the regicide of Osman II (r. 1618-22). Istanbul Şehir University.
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