Murad III
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Murad III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595.
Contemporary Ottoman portrait of Murad III by Seyyid Lokman, 1583. Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum
Sultan Murad III and his entourage, receiving the Persian ambassador Maksud in 1580. Sehinsahname (1592)
Commander Osman Pasha (left) conferring with Murad III (right). Şeca'atname (1598)
A later European depiction, attributed to a Spanish artist, 17th century
Nurbanu Sultan
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Nurbanu Sultan, also called Afife Nurbanu Sultan, was the chief consort and possibly legal wife of Ottoman sultan Selim II. As the mother of Murad III, she served as valide sultan from 1574 until her
Murad III
…commissioning the Siyer-i-Nebi and other illustrated manuscripts. Murad was born in Manisa on 4 July 1546 to Şehzade Selim and his powerful consort, Nurbanu Sultan. He was the grandson of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife, Haseki Hürrem Sultan. Murad received a comprehensive education and learned both…
Nurbanu's burial, one of 95 miniatures in Seyyid Lokman's Shahanshahnama, 1592 (TSM B200)
The Sultan Validé (Nurbanu Sultan) by Nicolas de Nicolay
Atik Valide Mosque constructed by Nurbanu Sultan
Entrance to Çemberlitaş Hamam, constructed on the orders of Nurbanu Sultan