Renaissance · Middle East · Politics

1554

Suleiman's Heir Executed at Topkapi

1554

The Ottoman prince Mustafa, beloved of the Janissaries and widely seen as the ablest heir, was summoned to his father's tent and strangled with a bowstring on the orders of Suleiman the Magnificent. Roxelana, the sultan's Ukrainian-born wife, had lobbied for her own sons' succession. The empire's most promising future died in a silken cord.

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Before: 1550: Ottoman Suleymaniye Mosque Begun
After: August 1, 1570: Ottomans Invade Cyprus

Before and after in Politics

Before: 1553: Edward VI Dies of Tuberculosis
After: October 25, 1555: Charles V Begins to Abdicate

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Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.