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Mehmed I Çelebi (Ottoman: ???? ????, I.Mehmet or Çelebi Mehmet) (1382/1387/1389, Edirne May 4/26, 1421, Edirne, Turkey) was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Rum) from 1413 to 1421.
s nicknamed as;
as one of the sons of Bayezid I and Valide Sultan (1403) Devlet Hatun or Devlet Shah Hatun (who was the daughter of Yakub Shah of Germiyan. He was also the descendant of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi, as Rumi's granddaughter Mutahhara Hatun (the daughter of Sultan Veled) was related to Yakub Shah) .
Wives
- Sheh-Zade Kumru Hatun: The granddaughter of a Pasha from Amasya
- Valide Sultan (1421) Emine Hatun or Sitti Mukrime Hatun, :tr:Sitti Mukrime Hatun: daughter of Suleyman Bey, ruler of Dirkadiroglu state, third consort, which marriage served as an alliance between the Ottoman's and this buffer state, mother of Murad II
r the Ottoman Interregnum, when Mehmed stood as victor in 1413, he crowned himself sultan in Adrianople (Edirne).
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Mehmed I Çelebi (Ottoman: ???? ????, I.Mehmet or Çelebi Mehmet) (1382/1387/1389, Edirne May 4/26, 1421, Edirne, Turkey) was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Rum) from 1413 to 1421.
His nickname
He is nicknamed as;
His ancestors
He was one of the sons of Bayezid I and Valide Sultan (1403) Devlet Hatun or Devlet Shah Hatun (who was the daughter of Yakub Shah of Germiyan. He was also the descendant of Mevlana Celaleddin-i Rumi, as Rumi's granddaughter Mutahhara Hatun (the daughter of Sultan Veled) was related to Yakub Shah) .
His life
His Wives
- Sheh-Zade Kumru Hatun: The granddaughter of a Pasha from Amasya
- Valide Sultan (1421) Emine Hatun or Sitti Mukrime Hatun, :tr:Sitti Mukrime Hatun: daughter of Suleyman Bey, ruler of Dirkadiroglu state, third consort, which marriage served as an alliance between the Ottoman's and this buffer state, mother of Murad II
His reign
After the Ottoman Interregnum, when Mehmed stood as victor in 1413, he crowned himself sultan in Adrianople (Edirne). He restored the empire, moved the capital from Bursa to Adrianople, and conquered parts of Albania, the Turkish emirate Candaroglu, and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from the Mamelukes. Taking many of his achievements into consideration, Mehmed is widely known as the "second founder" of the Ottoman Empire.
His death
Mehmed I was 32 years of age at the time of his death; and his reign, as Sultan of the re-united empire, had lasted only eight years. But he had been an independent prince for nearly the whole preceding period of eleven years that passed between his father's captivity at Angora and his own final victory over his brother Musa at Chamurli.
He was buried in Bursa, in a mausoleum erected by himself near the celebrated mosque which he built there, and which, from its decorations of green porcelain, is called the Green Mosque. This edifice is said to be the most beautiful specimen of Saracenie architecture and carving that is in existence. Mehmed I also completed the vast and magnificent mosque at Bursa, which his grandfather Murad I. had commenced, but which had been neglected during in reign of Bayezid. It is deserving of mention that Mehmed founded in the vicinity of his own mosque and mausoleum two characteristic institutions, one a school, and one a refectory for the poor both of which he endowed with royal munificence.
Opinions about him
The reign of this Sultan is cited by Von Hammer as the period total taste for "literature and fondness for poetry first prevailed among the Ottomans".
Patronage
He was a liberal patron of intellectual merit; and the name of an early literary Turkish politician, Mehiri, is preserved in honorable reputation for having, while Mehmet was Governor of Amasya, and Sehiri his Defterdar or Chancellor of the Exchequer, inspired the young prince with an enduring zeal for the advancement of literature and art, and for the generous patronage of their professors.
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