Historical Reference |
Mustafa I.the Halfwit |
| Sultan Ahmed I. "was succeeded by
his half-witted brother, Mustafa I., who was speedily
desposed in favor of 'Osman II., Ahmed's eldest son. .
Sultan 'Osmam II. (1031=1622). When the imbecile Mustafa
I. (one of whose amusements consisted of throwing gold
coins into the Bosporus for the fish) was removed from
the throne, his young nephew Prince 'Osman, then in the
fourteenth year of his age, was named Sultan in his stead
(1027 — 1618). This monarch formed a plan, bold
enough in design, but which he lacked vigor to carry out,
for destroying the Janissaries and Sipahis, whose
insolence had grown beyond all bounds. These fierce
Praetorians got word of the Sultan's scheme, and dashing
into the Seraglio, seized 'Osman and dragged him off to
the famous prison of the Seven Towers. There they slew
their sovereign with circumstances of insolent cruelty;
and thus were the Ottoman annals for the first time
stained with the crime of regicide." 1 Mustafa I. was restored to the Sultanate and reigned from1622 to 1623. 1. Ottoman Literature By Elias John Wilkinson Gibb, Copyright, 1901, NewYork London U.K. M. WALTER DUNNE, A Life Size Portrait of Sultan Murad III r1574-1595This magnificent portrait of Murad III (1546-1595) would appear to be one of a series that includes portraits of Mehmed I, Murad II and Sultan Mustafa I. ... |
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