Şehzade Mahmud (son of Mehmed III)
| Şehzade Mahmud شہزادہ محمود |
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| Born | Year unknown Manisa Palace, Manisa, Ottoman Empire |
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| Died | 7 June 1603 Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire |
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| Burial | Şehzade Mosque, Istanbul | ||||
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| Dynasty | Ottoman | ||||
| Father | Mehmed III | ||||
| Mother | Halime Sultan | ||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||
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Turkish: Şehzade Mahmud English: Shahzada Mahmud Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمود |
Şehzade Mahmud (Ottoman Turkish: شہزادہ محمود; died 7 June 1603) was an Ottoman prince, the son of Sultan Mehmed III. He was the grandson of Sultan Murad III and Safiye Sultan, and the half brother of the two future sultans, Ahmed I and Mustafa I.
Şehzade Mahmud was born in Manisa Palace, when his father was still a prince, and the governor of the Saruhan Sanjak. His mother was Halime Sultan. Mahmud along with his brothers was educated by 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 his father. Upon ascending the throne, his father ordered the execution of nineteen of his own brothers and half brothers.
In Istanbul, Mahmud was very popular with the Janissaries. Mehmed was disturbed by Mahmud’s eagerness to leave the palace and take up the role of warrior prince, especially since he himself had grown so fat that he could not campaign. Hoping to dispel his father’s worries over provincial rebellions and Safavid advances, Mahmud would ask his father to send him, and give him the command of the army. Whenever he spoke like that, Ahmed would try unsuccessfully to stop him because this made Mehmed distressful. Furthermore, Mehmed feared that the youth intended to mount a rebellion against him from within the palace.
Mahmud became grieve to see how his father was altogether led by Safiye Sultan, his grandmother and the state was going into ruin. His mother was also not favoured by Safiye. According to Turkish tradition all princes were expected to work as provincial governors (Sanjak-bey) as a part of their training. However, Mahmud being too young was not yet circumcised, nor was sent to govern any province because of the outgoing Jelali revolts and the long Turkish War, an indecisive land war between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire, primarily over the Principalities of Wallachia, Transylvania and Moldavia.
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