Mehmed sultan suleiman biography

Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Suleiman

In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Mehmed, the title is Şehzade, and there is no family name.

Şehzade Mehmed (Ottoman Turkish: شاهزاده محمد; – 7 November ) was an Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hürrem Sultan.

He served as governor of Manisa.

Early life

Şehzade Mehmed was born in in the Old Palace, during Suleiman's campaign to Belgrade.

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His birth was celebrated in the camp with sacrifices and distribution of alms.^[3] His mother was Hürrem Sultan, an Orthodox priest's daughter. In or , his mother, Hurrem, was freed and became Suleiman's legal wife.

He had four younger brothers, Şehzade Selim (future Selim II), Şehzade Abdullah, who died at the age of three years, Şehzade Bayezid, and Şehzade Cihangir, and a younger sister, Mihrimah Sultan.

In June–July , a three week celebration was organised in Constantinople that centered around the circu