#Şehzade Mustafa (Son of Halime)

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This robe is first worn by Sultan Süleyman I in the first episode of the first season of Magnificent Century. It is worn again by Hürrem Sultan in the following episode. The robe appears again on Firuze Hatun in the fourth episode of the third season.

Magnificent Century: Kösem used the robe on Şehzade Mustafa (later Sultan Mustafa I) in the twentieth episode of the first season.

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》 Halime Altunşah Sultan 《

Real name : Altunşah (It is thought that her first name was Altunşah. She was given the name Halime after she was taken to the palace.)

Date and place of birth: 1572 / Caucasus

Date and place of death: 1642

Origin: Abkhaz nobleman belongs to the Lakerbe Dynasty.

Her brothers: Pervan Mirza, Astamur Mirza, Misost Mirza

Sister: Fatma Hatun, Zamane Hatun, Feride Hatun.( Feride Hatun is the mother of Mahfiruz Sultan.)

Hsband : 3 Mehmed

Marriage date : 1586

Children:

Şehzade Mahmud

1 Mustapha

Hatice Sultan

Gevherhan Sultan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The palace was taken by Servezad Kalfa. Halime Sultan was not liked by Safiye Sultan because she was Caucasian. There is no information about how he got along with his other rivals (3 Mehmed's wives). She was not a witch as shown in the movie. He caused the execution of his son, Şehzade Mahmud (After the letter from the astrologer, which he was waiting for information about his son's ascension to the throne, passed into the hands of Valide Safiye Sultan and in addition, After Şehzade Mahmud asked his father for an army to suppress the rebellion, Mehmed III listened to his mother Safiye Sultan and had her son executed. ) and she played a great role in the murder of 2 Osman.

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Gerçek adı: Altunşah (İlk adının Altunşah olduğu sanılmaktadır. Saraya alındıktan sonra Halime adını almıştır.)

Doğum tarihi ve yeri: 1572 / Kafkasya

Ölüm tarihi ve yeri: 1642

Menşei: Abhaz asilzadesi Lakerbe Hanedanlığına aittir.

Erkek kardeşleri: Pervan Mirza, Astamur Mirza, Misost Mirza

Kız kardeşleri: Fatma Hatun, Zamane Hatun, Feride Hatun.( Feride Hatun, Mahfiruz Sultan'ın annesidir.)

Eşi: 3 Mehmed

Evlilik tarihi : 1586

Çocuklar:

Şehzade Mahmud

1 Mustafa

Hatice Sultan

Gevherhan Sultan

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saraya Servezad Kalfa tarafından alındı. Halime Sultan, Kafkasyalı olduğu için Safiye Sultan tarafından sevilmemiştir. Diğer rakipleriyle (3 Mehmed'in eşleri) nasıl geçindiği hakkında bilgi yoktur. Filmde gösterildiği gibi bir cadı değildi. Oğlu Şehzade Mahmud'un infazına sebep oldu (Oğlunun tahta geçtiğine dair bilgi beklediği müneccimden gelen mektubun Valide Safiye Sultan'ın eline geçmesinden ve ayrıca Şehzade Mahmud isyanları bastırmak için babasından ordu istemesinden sonra 3 Mehmed annesi Safiye Sultanı dinleyerek oğlunu idam ettirmiştir. ) ve 2 Osman'ın öldürülmesinde büyük rol oynadı.

The picture is representative. Resim temsilidir

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HALIME SULTAN // VALIDE SULTAN OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

“She was a consort of Sultan Mehmed III, and the mother of Sultan Mustafa I. The first woman to be Valide Sultan twice and the only to be Valide twice of a same son. She had at least four children with Mehmed: two sons Şehzade Mahmud and Mustafa I, and two daughters, Hatice Sultan and Şah Sultan. She was de facto co-ruler as Valide Sultan from 22 November 1617 to 26 February 1618 and from 19 May 1622 to 10 September 1623, because her son was mentally instable. Halime was also one of the prominent figures during the era known as the Sultanate of Women.”

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So now I just had some free time to upload the family trees of the sultan’s we already discussed. 

Mehmed III’s family is less known than the others, thats why his whole family tree seems small compared to the others. We must know, that none of the daughters are surely from Halime or Handan. You can read about it longer in their portraits and than you will understand what I’m talking about. Here are the connecting portraits for this family tree: Mehmed III, Halime, Handan, Mehmed III’s daughters, Ahmed I, Mustafa I

Ahmed I’s family is big and quite well documented. There are still questions of course as in any other sultan’s family.  Here are the connecting portraits for this family tree: Ahmed I, Mahfiruze, Kösem, Ahmed I’s daughters, Osman II, Murad IV, Ibrahim I, Ahmed I’s sons

Osman II died young and had a small family, though there are still questions about him: Its not sure he married Pertev Pasha’s granddaughter and its not sure that Mustafa and Zeynep were his children. Some says Mustafa and Zeynep both were Ahmed I’s children who died infancy. Plus we don’t know for 100% sure if Meylişah was the mother of Şehzade Ömer or Ayşe. So actually nearly nothing is sure in Osman’s family tree. *insert facepalm meme here*  Here are the connecting portraits for this family tree: Osman II, Osman II’s consorts

Murad IV had a big family, but we know quite little about his consorts and sons and sometimes the dates are not valid also.  Here are the connecting portraits for this family tree:  Murad IV, Murad IV’s consorts, Murad IV’s daughters

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Hi again! If a concubine gave the Sultan a son and the boy died, why would the consort not usually be given another chance? Or usually be married off like non-reproductive favorites or mothers of daughters? Was there a religious rule forbidding it? Or was this more of a cultural practice? Were similar rules why the widowed hasekis of Osman II and Murad IV seemed to have stayed unwed? Thanks!

Well... they were given another chance. Afife Kadın, Mustafa II's consort, had five princes who died in infancy and a princess who reached adulthood. Presumably, she went back to Mustafa II's bed even after one of her sons' death. Infant mortality was something that they had to deal with at the time, so it's not like consorts who lost children were ostracized or something.

But, I guess it also kind of depended on the sultan: Meylişah Hatun was blamed by Osman II for the accidental death of her son, this is why he didn't want to see her again. Another sultan — Mustafa II, for example — could have called her back to his bed on the grounds of affection (and I think this is what he did with Afife Kadın, who said that the sultan loved her)

Also, no. Mothers of daughters were not usually married off. They were mothers of imperial princesses. It was not standard practice for mothers of imperial children to re-marry, but it happened. We know about Afife Kadın's second marriage because she told Lady Wortley Montagu her story. But a lot of former consorts were not intimated to find themselves new husbands after their sultan's death. It's something that Ahmed III specifically asked of his brother's harem— for whatever reason he had.

As for your question about Osman II's and Murad IV's hasekis: I don't think there were particular rules against remarriage for haseki sultans. Hümaşah Sultan had been the sultan's legally wedded consort but she still re-married after the death of her only (recorded) child, Şehzade Orhan. Maybe those haseki sultans had children alive at their sultan's deaths: the Ottomans tended not to divide mothers and their small children (Halime saved from execution in 1603 because of Mustafa's tender age is a perfect example of this). Afife Kadın only re-married because her daughter was an adult (or of marriageable age anyway)

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Hi, thanks for the amazing content and for always answering everybody patiently, kindly and very throughly! I was wondering, what historical detail in MC/mck you wish they had changed and which you wish they didn't?

Awww thank you so much

While thinking on this question, I caught myself questioning how much we can label as 100% historical fact, except for recorded dry facts from registers because so many of this stuff is what version the screenwriters chose, interpretation or them guessing how it could have been based on what we know. Which again leads to me mentioning how we have so scarce information from Ottoman sources on Imperial harem, somewhat we can gather more from foreign ambassadors.

 A lot of it is just guessing based on rumours circulating around that the the diplomats picked up. Even the records don’t provide all information, like mothers of sultan’s daughters are not usually recorded.

But let’s come to the gist:

It’s hard for me to criticise them sticking to facts even if don’t like them (I would make everything much happier, I guess), but something I think should have been changed more for the actual plot purposes?

Mhm maybe I’d have killed off Safiye a bit earlier, honestly. They in a way wrote themselves in a corner bc it would be OOC for MYK Safiye to suddenly just sit in Eski Saray and not meddle at all, and it was clear Halime would never put Mustafa’s fate in her hands again. The Şehzade Yahya character is rather a mystery & semi-historical figure on its own, but I think I would have removed Safiye from main plot earlier regardless, and make Halime&Dilruba into main antagonists earlier, even if it had meant axing Safiye before her due date. I suppose she was kept as part of main action to also distract Kösem from Halime&Co.’s actions (after all, Mustafa’s condition was already exposed publically, so she saw justifiably more danger in Iskender).

I’d have made Hafsa into a slave concubine (I know historiography back then said often something earlier though) because I think it truly messes the view of Imperial harem during that period (same with them trying to marry Mustafa off to Aybige), and frankly I think introducing a second concubine of Selim, who would be a mother to at least one of Suleiman’s sisters coud be a cool idea? Since daughters wouldn’t place her in any competition with Hafsa, mother of sole heir, they could just form a believable friendship IMO. And yes bringing Suleiman’s illegitimate brother Üveys Pasha, who only got mentioned briefly in first episode. And instead off killing Suleiman’s brothers in infancy, Selim killing at least one of his sons other than Suleiman could make for a more juicy backstory for all characters involved, especially since it would have reflected Selim Yavuz’s character well lol.

What I would have introduced that was omitted?

I’d surely try to change a bit things in MY to showcase Hürrem unprecedent elevation. I understand to an extent why they changed some things – not to make her simply benefitting from Suleiman’s love and only his preference being source of her elevation, but to also give her some agency & make her fight for everything herself, while still benefitting from Suleiman’s bigger leniency towards her than towards others. NGL I was left a bit puzzled by the whole “mother of prince must go to province” thing as done in show because actually the rule seems to be initially broken by Mahidevran in the show when Ibrahim asks Suleiman to let her stay. Okay, it was special circumstance since Hafsa was dead and we know Suleiman also had huge fondness for Ibrahim, but it was a bit messed up to me. And no Mahidevran didn’t benefit in it the end actually – they just made her lose yet again and made her joining Mustafa in Manisa as punishment, not simply normal course of things. And then there’s talk all the time about Hürrem joining Mehmed in Manisa, but when the time comes, there are no plans of her joining him or any of his brothers (even before the kidnapping). And we know Hürrem wanting to stay close to capital was an additional motive to scheme against Mustafa in order to make him removed from Manisa. But then I suppose dealing with Meryem’s sudden departure was far more important & to minimise damage for overall plot stemming from this unexpected occurrence had priority. Then in S4 she’s still there and it’s not explained whether it’s because of Cihangir or  because Suleiman wants to have her as close to him as possible after he almost lost her forever (I suppose the second option is more implied). And later even her joining Bayezid in Kütahya for some time was a punishment too. I think general depiction of mother-province thing was rather muddled, conflicting and puzzling. Same with titles because while they made their own clear rule for “Sultan” title, the whole haseki and baş haseki thing was a bit puzzling, especially Mahfiruz being called baş haseki before the seniority principle was even introduced. If they so wanted to stress mother of eldest son having her status, they could have even made both Mahfiruz and Kösem hasekis, just like they did with Mahidevran and Hürrem. Then again maybe they wanted to hint at some changes favouring eldest son more being present already as opposed to Suleiman’s era, but idk. But then I do concur that the whole titles thing WAS more complex than e.g. Peirce presents it in the Imperial Harem, which is trying to bring some general, ordered, easy to understand explanation of terms pertaining to harem hierarchy for Western recipients. Yet something about Hürrem’s special and unprecedented position also signified by title should have been done, though then again they didn’t hint that Hafsa was first Valide Sultan as opposed to Valide Hatun either.

Oh and I would make Murad CLEARLY bisexual mhm.

- Joanna

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Bayezid II as a prince and sultan

Part 2 of this ask  

As a prince:

- Bayezid II was born to Sultan Mehmed II (then still a prince) and a slave concubine Gülbahar Hatun in January 1448, in Thracian Dimotika.

- He was circumcised together with his brother Mustafa on 17th March 1457.

- Before he was ten, he was made a governor of Amasya, where he moved with his mother.

- While he was a governor of Amasya and commander of border troops, Mehmed II ordered him to execute his own lala, Hayreddin Hizir Pasha. Hayreddin was accused of receiving Uzun Hasan and trying to arrange a marriage between Bayezid and Uzun Hasan’s daughter without Mehmed’s knowledge and of receiving gifts from Uzun Hasan without passing them to Mehmed. Babinger also mentions another version in which Mehmed harboured suspicion against his own son and ordered Hayreddin Hizir Pasha to poison his own son, but later retracted and it was Hayereddin who was put do death instead. Bayezid was then ordered to take up troops against Uzun Hasan.

- Generally, Bayezid and Mehmed’s relationship was very strained. They had very different characters and they often clashed when Bayezid was governor of Amasya. Another example: in 1476 Bayezid received an order from his father to  to kill the scholar Muayyadzade, with whom he was displeased. Instead of executing the mullah, Bayezid warned him of the danger, provided with money and helped to escape. Bayezid’s court in Amasya pretty much served as a place of refuge for people who fell out of Mehmed’s favour.

- While Mehmed educated himself in accordance with Byzantine and Classical legacy, Bayezid preferred to study Islamic science, philosophy, poetry and mysticism.

- He took part in several campaigns of his father. Most importantly, he “had served commander of the east Anatolian frontier during his father’s reign and distinguished himself in campaigns against Uzun Hasan and the Akkoyunlu”. (Caroline Finkel).

- Babinger speculates that Bayezid might have poisoned his (at that point ill with gout) father because their relations got later even more violent. Babinger also mentions that Bayezid received a letter in April 1481, informing him that the Grand Vizier Karamani Mehmed Pasha had persuaded Mehmed to appoint Cem as his succesor. Babinger thinks that while Mehmed was ill, his gout wasn’t that serious, and that someone “helped” him to die. It is however more of a pure speculation; Babinger does not cite any convincing sources and he generally seems to be biased against Bayezid (e.g. calling him “mystical and bigoted”). There are even footnotes from editors in Babinger’s book that sources do not generally support this theory.

Fighting for the throne

When Mehmed died, Karamani Mehmed Pasha, the Grand Vizier, hid the fact and sent messengers to  Şehzade Cem to come claim the throne as soon as possible. Mehmed Pasha wanted to prevent Bayezid from becoming sultan.

The news about Mehmed’s demise spread however and the army wanted to check whether their padishah is alive. When he failed to appear before them, they broke into the palace and saw the lifeless body. In fury, they killed Mehmed Pasha on the spot.

Meanwhile, all three messengers sent to Cem were arrested. Bayezid had two sons-in-law in the army. The first was the agha of the Janissaries, Sinan Aga; the other was governor of Anatolia. The former and future Grand Vizier Ishak Pasha (the husband of Hatice Halime Hatun, Mehmed’s stepmother), with the help of jannisary commander Sinan Aga, proclaimed Bayezid a sultan and nominated his son Şehzade Korkut as a regent until Bayezid reached the capital.

Bayezid reached Üsküdar on 20th May 1481. Cem however did not accept his brother as a sultan and began a civil war which lasted for over a year, when Cem ran away to Rhodes, and then travelled to several other European countries.

As a sultan

André Clot also refers to Bayezid as an opposite of his father. He was very religious,and ascetic. For example, when he ascended the throne, he ordered to destroy or sell paintings by Italian artists that Mehmed had purchased.

Bayezid was also not fond of war. He only engaged in it when it was necessary. During first years of his reign, there was a constant threat of Cem co-operating with Western European monarchs to invade the Ottoman Empire. Thus, Bayezid didn’t want to tire his army and put all effort to make his country internally stronger, improving administration and economy. Only after Cem died in 1495 in Naples, Bayezid began engaging in wars. He commenced fighting with Venice for the dominance on the Adriatic Sea. Mehmed II began the creation of Ottoman fleet, but Bayezid made it powerful. Bayezid conquered Lepanto, Modon, Koron and Navarino. In 1502, both sides signed a treaty, which was humiliating for Venice. All conquered fotresses remained in Ottoman’s hands and Venice had to pay tribute for Zante.The Ottoman Empire became an important power on the Mediterranean Sea. During Bayezid’s reign, also the first Ottoman-Mamluk war took place from 1485 to 1491. Mamluks were later to be conquered by Bayezid’s successor, Selim I.

However, Bayezid’s strength lay mainly in making the Empire stronger internally He introduced new fiscal solutions to ensure financing for potential campaigns as well as financial reserves. He also introduced new tax on households, called avariz, the revenues of which formed a separate fund. Bayezid’s reforms led to economic prosperity. During Bayezid’s reign, countless public buildings and objects of infrastructure were built. Bayezid also brought Jewish refugees from Spain to the Ottoman Empire (Jews were at the time persecuted by Spanish Inquisition). Bayezid was a great administrator and thanks to his reforms later conquests by Selim Yavuz and Suleiman the Magnificent were possible.

Bayezid supported many poets, artists and learned men. For example, he supported the historian Ibn Kemal, who wrote the history of Ottoman Empire Al-i Osman Tarihi (The History of the House of Osman) and Idris Bitlisi, author of a monumetal work entitled Hasht Bihisht (Eight Paradies), which covered the reigns of first eight Ottoman sultans. He was a musician and a poet himself. Bayzeid was also surrounded by many preachers and members of ulema. 

Last years of Bayezid’s reign were characterised by a conflict between the Ottoman Empire and the newly emerged Safavid dynasty. Bayezid’s hesitance to provoke Shah Ismail put him at odds with his son Selim, who even organised raids on Safavids without his father’s consent. In 1511, Bayezid had to deal with a rebellion led by Şahkulu, one of Ismail’s supporters and propagator of his teachings (Shia Islam, while the religion dominant in the Ottoman Empire was Sunni Islam). The rebellion ended the same year, but it changed the power dynamics in the Ottoman dynasty. Selim gained strength due to his role in dealing with rebellion and was moreover frustrated with his father favouring his older brother, Ahmed. On the contrary, Ahmed had his father’s peaceful nature and similarly wasn’t against a decisive action against the Safavids. Additionally, troops that were in Anatolia under Ahmed’s command sustained big losses against the Safavids. Korkut also proved himself in deafeating the rebels and similarly was angry about Bayezid’s support of Ahmed. During the succession war that started during Baeyzid’s lifetime, Selim finally forced his father to abdicate on 25th April 1512. Bayezid wanted to spend his final days on contemplation in Dimotika, but died on the road on 26th May 1512, likely due to poison administered to him upon the order of Selim.

Sources

- Babinger, Franz. Mehmed the Conqueror and his time. Princeton Univ. Press, 1992 .

-  Finkel, Caroline. Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire 1300–1923. Basic Books.2005.

- Clot, André. Suleiman the Magnificent : The Man, His Life, His Epoch. London: Saqi Books.1992.

- Shaw Stanford J. Historia Imperium Osmańskiego i Republiki Tureckiej. Tom 1. 1280-1800. Dialog. 2012.

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ELEKTRİK KESİNTİSİ SORUNU VALİ GÜVENÇER’E İLETİLDİ

ELEKTRİK KESİNTİSİ SORUNU VALİ GÜVENÇER’E İLETİLDİ

Son günlerde meydana gelen elektrik kesintileri nedeniyle yaşanan mağduriyete çözüm bulmak isteyen Şehzadeler Ziraat Odası Başkanı Mustafa Kaçire, Esnaf ve Sanatkarlar Odaları Birliği Yönetim Kurulu Başkan Vekili ve Manisa Meyve, Sebze ve Umum Pazarcılar Odası Başkanı Halim Şener, Manisa Madeni Sanatkarlar Esnaf Odası Başkanı Halil Kırlı Manisa Valisi Mustafa Hakan Güvençer’i ziyaret etti.

Şehzad…

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This blue and green kaftan was first worn by Şehzade Selim (later Sultan Selim II) in the fifth episode of the fourth season of Magnificent Century.

It is briefly seen again on Şehzade Mahmud in the first episode of the first season of Magnificent Century: Kösem.  The kaftan is also worn by Şehzade Mustafa (later Sultan Mustafa I) in the twenty-first episode of the same season.

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This creme kaftan was first worn by Şehzade Mustafa (later Sultan Mustafa I) in the first episode of the first season of Magnificent Century: Kösem. With new buttons and gold trimming added, it was worn again by Şehzade Kasım in the twenty-seventh episode of the same season.

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This blue and golden kaftan was first worn by Sultan Süleyman I in the third episode of the second season of Magnificent Century.

The kaftan was altered by adding a hidden closure and a flap collar to it before it was worn by Sultan Mustafa I in the twenty-fifth episode of the first season of Magnificent Century: Kösem.

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This kaftan was first worn by Şehzade Mustafa (later Sultan Mustafa I) in the first episode of the first season of Magnificent Century: Kösem. It was altered by adding gold trim before it was worn again by Şehzade Bayezid in the twenty-seventh episode of the same season. The kaftan was used twice in the second season, first on Şehzade Ahmed in the second episode and then on Şehzade Osman in the twenty-seventh episode.

The kaftan also appeared in the fourth episode of Golden Apple: The Grand Conquest where it was worn during a flashback by Şehzade Mehmed (later Sultan Mehmed II).

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This blue and silver kaftan was first worn by Sultan Mustafa I in the twenty-ninth episode of the first season of Magnificent Century: Kösem. It was worn again by a teenage Sultan Murad IV in the twenty-sixth episode of the second season.

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This pink and white kaftan was first worn by Mihrimah Sultan in the second episode of the second season of Magnificent Century. The kaftan is worn twice in the third season. First by Esmanur Hatun in the sixteenth episode and then by Nergisşah Sultan in the thirty-second episode.

Şehzade Mustafa (later Sultan Mustafa I) wears the kaftan in the fourth episode of the first season of Magnificent Century: Kösem. The kaftan was altered to look more like a dress before its use on Hanzade Sultan in the sixteenth episode of the second season.

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This brown and golden coat was first worn by Huricihan Sultan in the sixth episode of the third season of Magnificent Century. It was also used on a guest in the thirty-sixth episode of the same season. The coat was worn again by Şehzade Bayezid's son Abdullah in the thirtieth episode of the fourth season.

The coat appears twice in the spin-off Magnificent Century: Kösem. It is first worn by Şehzade Mustafa (later Sultan Mustafa I) in the sixth episode of the first season. The fur collar was swapped for gold trimming before it was worn one last time by Sultan Ibrahim's son Osman in the twenty-sixth episode of the second season.

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This golden kaftan was first worn by Şehzade Mustafa in the second episode of the first season of Magnificent Century. It is seen again on Şehzade Mehmed in the twenty-fourth episode of the same season. The kaftan is also worn by Şehzade Bayezid in the thirty-first episode of the second season. The third season saw the kaftan on Şehzade Cihangir in the twelth episode.It was worn once again by Şehzade Mustafa's son Mehmed in the nineteenth episode of the fourth season.

Magnificent Century: Kösem used the kaftan on Şehzade Mustafa (later Sultan Mustafa I) in the tenth episode of the first season.