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    Murad II (Ottoman Turkish: مراد ثانى, romanized: Murād-ı sānī, Turkish: II. Murad; 16 June 1404 – 3 February 1451) was twice the sultan of the Ottoman...
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    time Mehmed II asked his father Murad II to reclaim the throne, but Murad II refused. According to the 17th-century chronicles, Mehmed II wrote, "If you...
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  • another of Murad's sisters, Selçuk Hatun, married Tâceddin Ibrâhim II Bey, Isfendiyar's son and heir. In the same year, Halime bore Murad a son, Şehzade...
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    Murad I (Ottoman Turkish: مراد اول; Turkish: I. Murad, Murad-ı Hüdavendigâr (nicknamed Hüdavendigâr, from Persian: خداوندگار, romanized: Khodāvandgār,...
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    Murad III (Ottoman Turkish: مراد ثالث, romanized: Murād-i sālis; Turkish: III. Murad; 4 July 1546 – 16 January 1595) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire...
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    Murad V (Ottoman Turkish: مراد خامس, romanized: Murâd-ı ḫâmis; Turkish: V. Murad; 21 September 1840 – 29 August 1904) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire...
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    position weakened, causing Vlad to pay homage to Murad II, which included participating in Murad II's invasion of Transylvania in the summer of 1438. John...
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  • the name Murad through a play on the Arabic word "mordd", which means "wish" or "desire". Murad II (1404–1451) Murad III (1546–1595) Murad IV (1612–1640)...
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    Kantakouzene. As the daughter of Despot Đurađ, wife of Sultan Murad II, and stepmother of Mehmed II the Conqueror, she came to play a significant role in the...
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  • Bu Mülkün Sultanları. Alfa Yayıncılık. p. 72. ISBN 978-6-051-71080-8. "MURAD II (ö. 855/1451): Osmanlı padişahı (1421-1444, 1446-1451)". İslam Ansiklopedisi...
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    Murad IV (Ottoman Turkish: مراد رابع, Murād-ı Rābiʿ; Turkish: IV. Murad, 27 July 1612 – 8 February 1640) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1623...
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    historians, she was the real mother of Murad II. Kumru Hatun. Slave concubine. Mehmed I had at least five sons: Murad II (1404 - 1451) - with Emine Hatun....
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    Murad III, buried with his father in Hagia Sophia), his mother died shortly after him; Şehzade Abdullah (1571 - 22 December 1574, executed by Murad III...
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  • influential Ottoman grand vizier under the sultans Murad II and, for the first few years of his reign, Mehmed II (from 1439 to 1 June 1453 precisely). He was...
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    1410 – September 1449) was a concubine of Ottoman Sultan Murad II and the mother of Mehmed II. Although, some Turkish sources claim that she was of Turkic...
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    from the Enderun School and entered the service of the Ottoman sultan Murad II (r. 1421–1444) for the next twenty years. His rise through the ranks culminated...
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    following its conquest by Murad I and then to Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) in 1453 following its conquest by Mehmed II. The Ottoman Empire's early...
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    large Ottoman army. The Ottoman commanders, continuously pressured Sultan Murad II to take decisive action against the princes along the Danube and later...
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    Abdulmejid II or Abdulmecid II (Ottoman Turkish: عبد المجید ثانی, romanized: ʿAbdü'l-Mecîd-i sânî; Turkish: II. Abdülmecid; 29 May 1868 – 23 August 1944)...
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  • Murad to be handed over him, whereupon he had the prince executed with his two oldest sons. Thuasne, Louis (1892). Djem, Sultan, fils de Mohammed II,...
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    Bayezid II (Ottoman Turkish: بايزيد ثانى, romanized: Bāyezīd-i s̱ānī; Turkish: II. Bayezid; 3 December 1447 – 26 May 1512) was the sultan of the Ottoman...
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  • amicable relations with Sultan Murad II (r. 1421–44, 1446–51). Yakub did not have any male heirs and left the rule to Murad II in his will shortly before...
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    Byzantines was often used successfully in weakening their neighbours. When Murad II emerged as the winning successor to his father, he marched into Byzantine...
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    guaranteed it peace, security, and prosperity. Osman I Orhan Murad I Bayezid I Mehmed I Murad II Mehmed II A term normally meaning "a warrior who fights in the...
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    November 1444 near Varna in eastern Bulgaria. The Ottoman army under Sultan Murad II (who did not actually rule the sultanate at the time) defeated the Crusaders...
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    Suleiman II (Ottoman Turkish: سليمان ثانى Süleymān-i sānī; 15 April 1642 – 22 June 1691) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1687 to 1691. After...
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  • Murad II Bey (Arabic: مراد باي الثاني, died 1675) in the palace of Bardo was the third Muradid Bey of Tunis from 1666 until his death. Son of Hammuda Pasha...
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    In the three-day battle the Ottoman army under the command of Sultan Murad II defeated the Crusader army of regent John Hunyadi. After that battle, the...
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  • "The Imperial Family of Turkey". Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. II: Africa & the Middle East. London: Burke’s Peerage. pp. 237–248. ISBN 9780850110296...
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    Kuyucu Murad Paşah. Favorite of Osman, maybe Russian, and mother of his eldest son, Şehzade Ömer. According to a minor version, after Kuyucu Murad's death...
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