MEHMET

MAHOMET, I.

FIFTH KING OF THE TURKS. A.o. 1405

c. 1730

Engraving with large margins. Plate 15,2 x 10 cm.

Mehmed I  (Çelebi) (1386/87-1421), Sultan oıf the Ottoman Empire from 1413 until his death…He is often considered the “second founder” of the Ottoman Empire, as he came into power after the Ottoman Interregnum and restored the Empire to its full glory, conquering parts of Albania, The Jandarid emirate and the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia from the Memelukes.