known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Ottoman Turkish: ابو الفتح, romanized: Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit. 'the Father of Conquest'; Turkish: Fâtih Sultan Mehmed), was twice...

an empire. Mehmed continued his conquests in Asia, with the Anatolian reunification, and in Europe, as far as Bosnia and Croatia. Mehmed II is regarded...

Mehmed I (c. 1386/7 – 26 May 1421), also known as Mehmed Çelebi (Ottoman Turkish: چلبی محمد, "the noble-born") or Kirişçi (Greek: Κυριτζής, romanized: Kyritzis...

Younger). Killed on the orders of Mehmed II while his was mother congratulated Mehmed on his accession to the throne. Mehmed was to subsequently legalize this...

Mehmed IV (Ottoman Turkish: محمد رابع, romanized: Meḥmed-i rābi; Turkish: IV. Mehmed; 2 January 1642 – 6 January 1693), also known as Mehmed the Hunter...

Mehmed V Reşâd (Ottoman Turkish: محمد خامس, romanized: Meḥmed-i ḫâmis; Turkish: V. Mehmed or Mehmed Reşad; 2 November 1844 – 3 July 1918) was the penultimate...

Bayezid II was the son of Şehzade Mehmed (later Mehmed II) and Gülbahar Hatun, an Albanian concubine. At the time he was born, his grandfather Murad II was...

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...

with Şehzade Mehmed Ziyaeddin, eldest son of Sultan Mehmed V, Şehzade Ibrahim Tevfik, grandson of Sultan Abdulmejid I, and Abdulmejid II, Şehzade Mehmed Şevket and Şehzade...

commemorate Mehmed. Also, Suleiman composed an elegy for Mehmed and ended the poem with the line "Most distinguished of the princes, my Sultan Mehmed". Suleiman...

half-brother Mehmed IV, who was born on 2 January 1642. After the deposition and execution of his father in 1648, Suleiman's half-brother Mehmed came to the...

Şehzade Mehmed Abdulaziz Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: محمد عبد العزیز; also Mehmed Abdülaziz Osmanoğlu; 26 September 1901 – 19 January 1977) was an Ottoman...

continuity. In 1540, the sultan took him and Mehmed with him to spend the winter in Edirne. In June 1541, he and Mehmed once again accompanied their father on...

addition to his daughters, Ahmed II was deeply attached to his niece Ümmügülsüm Sultan, daughter of his half-brother Mehmed IV, so much so that he treated...

Mehmed VI Vahideddin (Ottoman Turkish: محمد سادس Meḥmed-i sâdis or وحيد الدين Vaḥîdü'd-Dîn; Turkish: VI. Mehmed or Vahdeddin/Vahideddin; 14 January 1861...

Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkerim Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: شهزادہ محمد عبدالکریم, also Mehmed Abdülkerim Osmanoğlu; 26 June 1906 – 3 August 1935) was an Ottoman...

son of Sultan Mehmed VI, the late Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. His mother was Mehmed's second consort Müveddet Kadın. Şehzade Mehmed Ertuğrul was born...

Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin. His early education took place in the Prince's School, Yıldız Palace, together with his elder brother, Şehzade Mehmed Selim...

was born at Edirne Palace on 6 February 1664. He was the son of Sultan Mehmed IV (1648–87) and Gülnuş Sultan, originally named Evmania, who was of Greek...

confined to the palace until he was 40. On 4 July 1918, his first cousin Mehmed VI became Sultan and Abdulmejid was named Crown Prince. He was interested...

Mehmed began his education under the guardianship of Hoca Ömer Efendi, together with his elder half brother, Şehzade Osman (future Sultan Osman II)....

"hospitable"; died c. 1492) was a concubine of Sultan Mehmed II, and mother of Sultan Bayezid II. The Ottoman inscription (vakfiye) describes her as Hātun...

Aredba. She came to Istanbul in 1876, and married Prince Mehmed Vahdeddin later known as Mehmed VI, in 1885. She was his only wife for twenty years. She...

Mustafa Efendi, who was appointed by Mehmed in 1592. When Murad died in 1595, Şehzade Mehmed ascended the throne as Mehmed III, Mahmud came to Istanbul with...

Nurosmaniye mosque. Şehzade Mehmed (26 August 1814 – November 1814) – with Dilseza Kadin. Buried in the Nurosmaniye mosque. Şehzade Mehmed (4 August 1816 – August...

to his son Mehmed. Turhan, Mehmed's mother, grew extremely jealous and vented her anger to Ibrahim, who flew into a rage and grabbed Mehmed from Turhan's...

the son of sultan Mehmed III and Halime Sultan. Mustafa was born around 1600/1602 in the Topkapi Palace. He was son of Sultan Mehmed III and Halime Hatun...

Mehmed III. Mehmed ordered the execution of his nineteen half brothers. Ahmed's elder brother Şehzade Mahmud was also executed by his father Mehmed on...

half-brother, Şehzade Mehmed Burhaneddin. Burhaneddin's circumcision took place in 1891, together with his half-brothers, Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir, and Şehzade...

Şehzade Mehmed Orhan Efendi (Ottoman Turkish: محمد اور خان; also Mehmed Orhan Osmanoğlu; 12 October 1909 – 12 March 1994) was an Ottoman prince and the...