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Şehzade Mehmed ( Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمد; 11 March 1605 – 12 January 1621) was an Ottoman prince and the second son of Sultan Ahmed I, but his first with Kösem Sultan, Ahmed's favorite concubine, Haseki and probably legal wife.
Ahmed's elder brother Şehzade Mahmud was also executed by his father Mehmed on 7 June 1603, just before Mehmed's own death on 22 December 1603. Mahmud was buried along with his mother in a separate mausoleum built by Ahmed in Şehzade Mosque , Constantinople.
Şehzade Mehmed (Ottoman Turkish: شاهزاده محمد; 1521 – 7 November 1543) was an Ottoman prince, son of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hürrem Sultan. He served as governor of Manisa .
In the Ottoman Empire, the fratricide culture was at its peak at the time. When Ahmed’s father Mehmed III ascended to the throne, he executed all his nineteen brothers. In 1603, he also executed his eldest living son Sehzade Mahmud, leaving only two of his sons, Ahmed I and Mustafa I as his heirs.
- He served as Governor of Manisa. Manisa is a city in Turkey’s Aegean Region and serves as the administrative seat of Manisa Province. It was historically known as Magnesia and was the central town of the Ottoman Empire’s Saruhan sanjak.
- His father was Suleiman the Magnificent. Suleiman the Magnificent also known as Suleiman the Lawgiver was the tenth and longest-reigning Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
- Mehmed’s father favored him and appointed him his heir contrary to the tradition. Suleiman favored Sehzade more than the rest of his children and it was evident.
- He was born in Old Palace, during Suleiman’s campaign with Rhodes. The Old Palace also known as Eski Saray was built after the Ottoman conquest of İstanbul.
In 1605, Tavil Ahmed was offered the position of the Beylerbey of Shahrizor to stop his rebellion, but soon afterwards, he went on to capture Harput. His son, Mehmed, obtained the governorship of Baghdad with a fake firman and defeated the forces of Nasuh Pasha sent to defeat him.[3]
Şehzade Mehmed (Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928);: شہزادہ محمد; 11 March 1605 – 12 January 1621) was an Ottoman prince, the second son of Sultan Ahmed I and the firstborn with his Haseki Kösem Sultan.
