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Şehzade Mustafa (son Of Mehmed II)
Şehzade Mustafa ( Ottoman Turkish: شهزاده مصطفى; 1515 – 6 October 1553) was an Ottoman prince and the son of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his concubine Mahidevran Hatun. He was the governor of Manisa from 1532 to 1542, of Amasya from 1542 to 1549, and of Konya from 1549 to 1553, when he was executed by his father's order. Life Şehzade Mustafa was born ca 1515 in Manisa to Şehzade Suleiman (the future sultan) and Mahidevran Hatun. Mustafa's relationship with his father was problematic. Though he was the oldest of the Suleiman's sons survived to childhood and the most likely heir, his father preferred Mustafa's younger half-brother, Şehzade Mehmed, the eldest son of Hürrem Sultan, Suleiman's beloved chief consort ( Haseki Sultan) and later legal wife. It is difficult to discern what sort of relationship Mustafa had with his half-siblings Mehmed (born 1521), Mihrimah (born 1522), Selim (born 1524), Abdüllah (born 1525), Bayezid (born 1527), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Thevet
André Thevet (; ; 1516 – 23 November 1590) was a French Franciscan priest, explorer, cosmographer and writer who travelled to the Near East and to South America in the 16th century. His most significant book was ''The New Found World, or Antarctike'', which compiled a number of different sources and his own experience into what purported to be a firsthand account of his experiences in ''France Antarctique,'' a French settlement near modern Rio de Janeiro. Life Thevet was born in Angoulême in southwestern France. At ten years of age, he entered the convent of Franciscans of Angoulême. He visited Italy at the same time as Guillaume Rondelet. In 1549, thanks to the support of John, Cardinal of Lorraine, he embarked on an extended exploration trip to Asia, Greece, Rhodes, Palestine and Egypt. He accompanied the French ambassador Gabriel de Luetz to Istanbul. Almost immediately after this expedition, he set sail again as the chaplain of the fleet of Nicolas Durand de Ville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
