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Ottoman ke13 – Mehmed III (r.1595-1603)

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Sultan Mehmed III mewarisi takhta Ottoman pada 1595 selepas ayah beliau, Sultan Murad III meninggal dunia. Catatan sejarah juga mencatat bahawa Sultan Mehmed III melakukan fracticide pada awal menaiki takhta. Perisitiwa tersebut dicatat dalam sebuah artikel (link):

The bloody royal massacre of the Ottoman princes took place on 28 January 1595 in what is known to be the darkest and most bloody day of in the history of Topkapi Palace in the 15th and 16th centuries. Until 1595, Murad III ruled the Ottoman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire had its greatest expansion in the Middle East under his reign.

Mehmed III became Sultan on 15 January 1595. Mehmed III came to power after his father, Murad III, and a few nights after he ascended the throne, he killed his nineteen brothers. Never before had so many royals been executed in one night. The Sultan used deaf-mute servants to carry out the mission, so they could not testify. The assassinations were made with a bowstring so that royal blood would not flow.

Sultan Mehmed III meninggal dunia pada 1603 ketika usia 38 tahun. Beliau dimakamkan berdekatan Hagia Sophia Istanbul.

Catatan mengenai amalan fracticide Mehmed III dan Ottoman boleh baca di artikel “On the Power, Political Career and Patronage Networks of the Ottoman Royal Favourites (Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries)”. [Desktop – March 2021].

The Tomb of Sultan Mehmed III

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