Bayezid I
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Bayezid I, also known as Bayezid the Thunderbolt, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402. He adopted the title of Sultan-i Rûm, Rûm being the Arabic name for the Eastern Roman Empire.
Accession of Bayezid I in the Iskendername manuscript Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, cod. or. 90 (c. 1460)
Bayezid I held captive by Timur, painting by Stanisław Chlebowski (1878)
Bayezid's türbe (tomb) at Bayezid I Mosque
Bayezid's supposed humiliation; his wife Olivera is semi-naked at Timur's banquet. (German album amicorum, 16th century)
Mehmed I
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Mehmed I, also known as Mehmed Çelebi or Kirişçi, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1413 to 1421. Son of Sultan Bayezid I and his concubine Devlet Hatun, he fought with his brothers over contr
Bayezid I
…sons, Mustafa Çelebi, was captured with him and held captive in Samarkand until 1405. Four of Bayezid's sons, specifically Süleyman Çelebi, İsa Çelebi, Mehmed Çelebi, and Musa Çelebi, however, escaped from the battlefield and later started a civil war for the Ottoman throne known as the Ottoman Interregnum. After…
Miniature of Mehmed I from a 16th century manuscript
Mehmed I with his dignitaries. Ottoman miniature painting, kept at Istanbul University.
His mausoleum, Green Tomb, in Bursa