محمد الثالث
محمد الثالث
c. 1566 CE · 974 AH – c. 21 December 1603 CE · 18 Rajab 1012 AH
Mehmed III (r. 1003–1012/1595–1603) — the last Ottoman sultan to take the field in person, reviving the custom his father and grandfather had let lapse; at Eger he held firm when his troops scattered and the victory came within the hour. A poet-sultan inclined to tasawwuf; died 18 Rajab 1012 aged 38 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- Ruler
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Rule
He sat on the throne twelve days after his father's death, while he was in Manisa. His mother Safiye was of Italian origin. 2
Al-Salabi says that weakness began to affect the state. Seeing that sultans no longer led the armies themselves, he went out and took command of them, and marched to Belgrade and then to the battlefields. 2
Al-Salabi relates that he nearly fell captive in one of the battles after the conquest of the fortress of Igri, and that Shaykh Sa'd al-Din Efendi steadied him, so he took up his sword and victory came down. 2
His character
Al-Salabi describes him as having a share of education and literature, very devout, and inclined to Sufism. He died on Sunday, 18 Rajab 1012 AH, after nine years, two months and two days of his rule. 2
Connections
- Child of
- مراد الثالث
- Successor of
- مراد الثالث
People and things also explored
عرض مراد الثالث التحالف على السعديين لاسترداد الأندلس· سليم الثاني· مراد الثالث
Sources
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p. 295-296
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p.295-296
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