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Born 1566 • Manisa • Turkey
Died December 22, 1603 (aged 37) • Istanbul • Turkey
Title / Office sultan (1595-1603), Ottoman Empire
Role In Jelālī Revolts
Köprülü Mehmed Paşa
Ottoman grand vizier
Murad III
Ottoman sultan
Mehmed IV
Mehmed IV
Ottoman sultan
Mehmed II
Ottoman sultan
Bayezid II
Ottoman sultan
Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Mahmud II
Ottoman sultan
Köprülü Fazıl Mustafa Paşa
Ottoman vizier
Selim I
Selim I
Ottoman sultan
Selim II
Ottoman sultan
Sokollu Mehmed Paşa
Ottoman vizier
İbrahim
Ottoman sultan
Ahmed II
Ottoman sultan
Mehmed I
Mehmed I
Ottoman sultan
Süleyman I
Süleyman the Magnificent
Ottoman sultan
Kösem Sultan
Ottoman sultana
Abdülmecid I
Abdülmecid I
Ottoman sultan
Enver Paşa
Enver Paşa
Ottoman general
Selim III
Selim III
Ottoman sultan
Midhat Pasha
Midhat Pasha
Ottoman vizier

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Caption: It May be Turned to Mourning for its Loss. Our picture shows a group of the wounded lately from the Dardanelles, Ottoman Empire (Turkey) at the festivities, ca. 1914-1918. (World War I)
Understanding the Ottoman Empire