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Murad III ( Ottoman Turkish: مراد ثالث, romanized : Murād-i s āli s; Turkish: III. Murad; 4 July 1546 – 16 January 1595) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595. His rule saw battles with the Habsburgs and exhausting wars with the Safavids. The long-independent Morocco was for a time made a vassal of ...
- 27 December 1574 – 16 January 1595
- Nurbanu Sultan
Mar 28, 2024 · Murad III (born July 4, 1546, Manisa, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey]—died Jan. 15/16, 1595, Constantinople [now Istanbul]) was an Ottoman sultan in 1574–95 whose reign saw lengthy wars against Iran and Austria and social and economic deterioration within the Ottoman state. Externally Murad continued the military offensive of his predecessors.
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Murad III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595. His rule saw battles with the Habsburgs and exhausting wars with the Safavids. The long-independent Morocco was for a time made a vassal of the empire but regained independence in 1582. His reign also saw the empire's expanding influence on the eastern coast of Africa. However, the empire was beset by increasing ...
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Murad III was born on July 4, 1546, in Manisa, Ottoman Empire, to Sultan Selim II and his wife of Venetian origin, Nurbanu Sultana. He was the eldest son of his parents. Following this circumcision ceremony in 1557, he was made the sancakbeyi of Akşehir by his grandfather, Suleiman I, in 1558. At, 18 he became the sancakbeyi of Saruhan.
Basil Iii. Murad III, 1546–95, Ottoman sultan (1574–95), son and successor of Selim II. He was dominated by his harem, and although his generals were successful against Persia, his reign marked the beginning of the decay of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). His son Muhammad III succeeded him. Source for information on Murad III: The Columbia ...
Sultan Murad III was the 12th Ottoman sovereign and 77th caliph of Islam. He was the son of Sultan Selim II and Nurbanu Sultan and was born in Manisa during his father's governorship. When his father ...
