Mehmed III

Mehmed III
Ottoman Caliph Amir al-Mu'minin Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Padishah)
Reign	16 January 1595 – 22 December 1603
Predecessor	Murad III
Successor	Ahmed I
Born	26 May 1566 (1566-05-26) Manisa Palace, Manisa, Ottoman Empire
Died	22 December 1603(1603-12-22) (aged 37) Topkapı Palace, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
Burial	Hagia Sophia, Istanbul
Consorts	Handan Hatun Halime Hatun Fülane Hatun
Issue Among others	Şehzade Mahmud Ahmed I Mustafa I
Names Mehmed bin Murad
Dynasty	Ottoman
Father	Murad III
Mother	Safiye Sultan
Religion	Sunni Islam
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Mehmed III (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثالث, Meḥmed-i sālis; Turkish: III. Mehmed; 26 May 1566 – 22 December 1603) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603. Mehmed was known for ordering the execution of his brothers and leading the army in the Long Turkish War, during which the Ottoman army was victorious at the decisive Battle of Keresztes. This victory was however undermined by some military losses such as in Gyor and Nikopol. He also ordered the successful quelling of the Jelali rebellions. The sultan also communicated with the court of Elizabeth I on the grounds of stronger commercial relations and in the hopes of England to ally with the Ottomans against the Spanish.