OSMAN II

SOLTAN HOTOMANNUS TURCARUM IMPERATOR

PRAEDATUR PULLOS PEDIBUSQS EVISCERAT UNICS…ET SCEVO TUTAS SOLUS AB HOSTE SACİS…

(Luca KILIAN?) c. 6122

Engraving…Plate 20,3 x 12,6 cm.

SULTAN OSMAN II (GENÇ OSMAN) (1604-1622)…Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1618 until his death. He was also known as a poet and mastered many languages…He secured the empire’s eastern border by signing a peace treaty with Safavid Iran…He personally led the Ottoman invasion of Poland during the Moldovian Magnate wars.