1. Mehmed III was known for ordering the execution of his brothers and leading the army in the Long Turkish War, during which the Ottoman army was victorious at the decisive Battle of Keresztes.
12 Facts About Mehmed III
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Mehmed III ordered the successful quelling of the Jelali rebellions.
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Mehmed III's mother was Safiye Sultan, an Albanian from the Dukagjin Highlands.
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Mehmed III's great-grandfather Suleiman I died the year he was born, and his grandfather became the new sultan, Selim II.
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Mehmed III spent most of his time in Manisa with his parents and his teacher, Ibrahim Efendi.
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Mehmed III was an idle ruler, leaving government to his mother Safiye Sultan, the valide sultan.
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Ottoman defeats in the war caused Mehmed III to take personal command of the army, the first sultan to do so since Suleiman I in 1566.
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However, with pressure from the court and his mother, Mehmed III reinstated Damat Ibrahim Pasha to this position shortly afterward.
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Elizabeth's gifts arrived in a large 27-gun merchantman ship that Mehmed III personally inspected, a clear display of English maritime strength that would prompt him to build up his fleet over the following years of his reign.
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Mehmed III was succeeded by his 13 year old son Ahmed I as the new sultan.
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Mehmed III had three known consorts, none of whom, according to the harem records, held the title of Haseki Sultan:.