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Grand Vizier İbrahim is perhaps one of the most versatile and talented figures in the early modern history of the Ottoman Empire. He was not only an unparalleled politician and military leader, but he was also the confidant and best friend of the greatest ruler of the time, Süleyman I. His career went up at an amazing rate,...
419 years ago, exactly on this day, Sultan Ahmet I. and Kösem Sultan's (then still Mahpeyker Hatun) first child, Mehmet was born. The first son of the popular sultana was predicted to have a great life and there were those who expected that he would take over the position of Sultan of the Ottoman Empire after Ahmet's death, but life...
Mahidevran Hatun died on this day, February 3, 1581. Considering the statistics of the time, it is incredible that she lived 81/83 years, and her life story was not uneventful: she was the most popular female figure of her time, who was considered the most beautiful Ottoman woman, but her life was characterized by struggles and then a fall after...
The family of Osman Gazi is rather incompletely known, since the dynasty was created 800 years ago, there are only a few sources and these are also confusing. In any case, we mostly know the names of his children and we also know some minor or major information about them. In the family tree I prepared you can see their...