Şehzade Murad ( ota, شہزادہ مراد; 1495

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– 16 October 1519,

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) was an Ottoman prince (''

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''), a son of

Şehzade Ahmed ''Şehzade'' ( fa, شهزاده) is the Ottoman form of the Persian title ''Shah#Shahzadeh, Shahzadeh'', and refers to the male Osmanoğlu family, descendants of an Ottoman sovereign in the male line. This title is equivalent to "prince du sang, p ...

and a grandson of Sultan

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. He was involved in the chaos that surrounded the succession to Sultan

(1481–1512). Murad's father, Ahmed, had fought against his half-brother Şehzade Selim (later Selim I) for their father throne; during this struggle, Ahmed received support from

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Ismail I Ismail I ( fa, اسماعیل, Esmāʿīl, ; July 17, 1487 – May 23, 1524), also known as Shah Ismail (), was the founder of the Safavid dynasty of Safavid Iran, Iran, ruling as its King of Kings (''Shahanshah'') from 1501 to 1524. His re ...

(1501–1524) of the neighboring

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. When Ahmed was put to death by the victorious Selim, Şehzade Murad was subsequently given support by Ismail I as claimant to the throne. Ismail I wanted to use Murad to mobilize opposition against Selim. In 1512, during

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's large-scale campaign in

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, Murad joined his campaign, and even "girded the

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crown". According to information Selim received from his spies (December 1512/January 1513), Ismail I allegedly wanted to conquer Anatolia, give the Rum beylerbeylik to Murad, while the rest of the territory would be ruled by the Qizilbash. Anyhow, when the Safavid support meant for Murad failed to materialize, the scheme was abandoned, and Murad migrated to the Safavid Empire where he was given asylum. He died at Kashan on 16 October 1519, because natural causes. or Isfahan. Ismail I's support to these rivals of Selim I formed one of the main ''

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'' that led to the decisive

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(1514).

Issue

No concubine of Murad is known, but he had at least two sons and a daughter: *Şehzade Mustafa (killed by Selim I, 14 May 1513, Amasya) *Şehzade Mehmed (killed by Selim I, September or October 1512, Amasya) *Asitanşah Sultan

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