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	murad iii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		His accession marks the definite beginning of the decline of the Ottoman power, which had only been maintained under Selim II by the genius of the all-powerful grand vizier Mehmed Sokollu.
		For, though Sokollu remained in office until his assassination in October 1578, his authority was undermined by the harem influences, which with Murad III were supreme.
		Of these the most powerful was that of the sultan's chief wife, named Safie ('the pure'), a beautiful Venetian of the noble family of Baffo, whose father had been governor of Corfu, and who had been captured as a child by Turkish corsairs and sold into the harem.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /murad_iii.html (229 words)

	Mehmed Pasha Sokolović - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mehmed Pasha Sokolović (in Turkish Sokollu Mehmet Paşa) (born 1505 or 1506, Sokolovići near Višegrad, Bosnia - died 1579 Istanbul, Turkey) was the Grand Vizier (1565 - 1579) of Suleyman the Magnificent and Selim II.
		Mehmed, however, suceeded in restoring the empire's shattered fleets and stared preparing for a fresh attack on Venice, when the Sultan's death cut short his plans.
		Mehmed Pasha Sokolović donated a bridge to his own people and to Bosnia: Ćuprija na Drini.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mehmed_Sokollu (649 words)

	Mehmed Sokollu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mehmed Pasa Sokollu (Born 1505 Sokol, Bosnia - Died 1579 Istanbul,Turkey) was the Grand Vizier of Suleyman the Magnificent and Selim II.
		Fortunately for the empire, Mehmed Sokollu, was at the head of affairs, and two years after Selim's accession succeeded in concluding at Constantinople an honourable treaty with the Emperor Maximilian II, whereby the emperor agreed to pay an annual "present" of 30,000 ducats (February 17, 1568).
		The empire's shattered fleets were soon restored, and Sokollu was preparing for a fresh attack on Venice, when the Sultan's death cut short his plans.
	www.wikiverse.org /mehmed-sokollu (343 words)

	Mehmed Sokollu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mehmed Pasha Sokollu (Serbo-Croatian Mehmed Paa Sokolović) (1505, Sokol, Bosnia - 1579 Istanbul, Turkey) was the Grand Vizier (1565 - 1579) of Suleyman the Magnificent and Selim II.
		Sokollu was recruited into the Ottoman military through the devsirme (child-tribute).
		Early in 1570 the ambassadors of Ivan the Terrible concluded at Constantinople a treaty which restored friendly relations between the Sultan and the tsar.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Mehmed-Sokollu.htm (412 words)

	Murad III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His accession marks the beginning of the decline of the Ottoman power, which had only been maintained under Selim II by the genius of the all-powerful grand vizier Mehmed Sokollu.
		For, though Sokollu remained in office until his assassination in October 1579, his authority was undermined by the harem influences.
		The reign of Murad was marked by wars with Iran and Austria and Ottoman economic decline and institutional decay.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Murat_III (136 words)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - A Short History of the Ottoman Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mehmed's gamble paid off handsomely, as the first wave of Chrisitian attackers was cut down by the disciplined Ottoman army, after which the remainder of the mob fled in disorder, the battle quickly turining into a rout.
		The Crimean Khan was eternally grateful to Mehmed for rescuing his state from Lithuanian agression and suggested to Mehmed that the sons of Osman, as the truest chamions of Islam, claim the mantle of the Caliphate.
		Mehmed and his Sipahis remained in Kalmuk long enough only to ensure proper Islamic burials for the fallen before riding down the Georgian army in headlong retreat in Kouban where the remanants of the Georgian army were scattered to the four winds.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=198515&page=2 (6526 words)

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		Mehmed Sokollu, who remained grand vezir until 1579, was able to keep the machinery of state working fairly smoothly.
		It was the conquests of Mehmed II, Bayezid II, and Suleyman I that rounded out the lands that were to become the European "core" provinces of the Ottoman Empire.
		There are several other explanations for the military actions taken by Mehmed II and his successors in Europe after they became masters of their new capital, Istanbul.
	coursesa.matrix.msu.edu /~fisher/bosnia/readings/sugar3.html (3604 words)

	illustrated ottoman empire encyclopedia of habibullah (sultan, topkapi, ottoman, palace, harem, eunuch, history, ...
		In a loyal alliance with Sokollu Mehmed Paşa, she was an excellent ambassodress after Selim's death -- skilled in keeping the peace with enemies and renewing ties of friendship with Iran (1574), Venice (1575) and the Habsburgs (1577).
		Sokollu was one of the first to envision a "grand enterprise in the form of a canal across the
		In the age of Süleyman the Magnificent, his Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Paşa was an even more ardent supporter of such a waterway.
	www.practicalturkish.com /encyclopedia-s.html (6972 words)

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		In 1578, Sokollu, the guardian of the empire, was assassinated by a political enemy at court.
		Koprulu Mehmed died at the age of 76 in 1661.
		The new sultan, Mustafa II (Mehmed IV’s son) was caught completely of guard and the poorly defended port of Azov fell to the Russians with little resistance.
	www.stfrancis.edu /hi/webpage/subgroup/3.doc (2717 words)

	tarih2-3
		Selim II had been a poor ruler, however, with the help Sokollu Mehmed, his talented grand vizier, his rule was relatively successful.
		Mehmed's mother, Turhan, and powerful grandmother, Kosem, ruled the empire for the young Mehmed.
		The new sultan, Mustafa II (Mehmed IV's son), was caught completely off guard and the poorly defended port of Azov fell to the Russians with little resistance.
	www.stfrancis.edu /hi/tarih2-3.htm (2658 words)

	Ottoman and Persian Empires 1300-1730 by Sanderson Beck
		Mehmed, who became known as the Conqueror, began his reign by having his infant brother Ahmad murdered, arguing that this was necessary for the peace and order of the world.
		Mehmed the Conqueror was intent on eliminating any threatening king and began by subduing Serbia; but in 1456 his army of 100,000 was not able to conquer the Hungarians aided by Hunyadi and the crusading monk Capistrano at Belgrade.
		Grand vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha concealed the Sultan's death, executed the doctor for secrecy, and had Sulayman's body embalmed and not buried until the battle was won and Selim II could take power in Istanbul.
	www.san.beck.org /1-10-Ottoman1300-1730.html (18048 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Constantinople: City of the World's Desire, 1453-1924
		Mehmed II identified himself so strongly with Alexander that he commissioned a biography of himself in Greek, from a minor Greek official, Michael Kritovoulos, on the same paper and in the same format as the copy of Arrian's life of Alexander in his library, which was read to him `daily'.
		Mehmed II was at war with neighbouring rulers, both Christian and Muslim, in Anatolia and the Balkans for most of his reign.
		Kritovoulos writes that Mehmed II `transported to the city those of the Armenians under his rule who were outstanding in point of property, wealth, technical knowledge and other qualifications and in addition those who were of the merchant class'.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/books/chap1/constantinople.htm (8290 words)

	Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sokollu Mehmed Pasa Köprüsü, Sokollu Mehmed Pasa Bridge
		The Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Bridge takes its name from Sokollu Mehmet Pasha (b.1505-d.1579), famous Grand Vizier under Süleyman I (1520-1566) and Selim II (1566-1574), who commissioned the well-known court architect Sinan to build a bridge across the Drina River.
		A native of Visegrad, Mehmed Pasha was chosen as a child to enter the imperial devsirme system, which brought young boys from the Balkans to Istanbul to train and educate them for important political, military, and administrative careers in the empire.
	www.archnet.org /library/sites/one-site.tcl?site_id=9242 (375 words)

	Cikolata.de -
		Mehmed I. Nachdem die vier Söhne Bayazids, Isa, Musa, Mehmed und Süleyman, einen Erbfolgekrieg ausgefochten hatten, konnte sich Mehmed gegenüber den anderen behaupten und wurde Sultan.
		Mehmed I schloß einen Friedensvertrag mit den Venezianern und hatte gute Beziehungen zum byzantinischen Kaiser.
		Großwesir Mehmed Sokollu wurde vom Sultan angewiesen, die Staatsangelegenheiten zu regeln, wobei unter anderem der Friede mit sämtlichen christlichen Ländern, darunter auch Österreich, bekräftigt werden sollte.
	www.cikolata.de /osmanli2.htm (2046 words)

	Selim II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Therefore, he became known as Selim the Drunkard or Selim the Sot.
		Fortunately for the empire, an able grand vizier, Mehmed Sokollu, was at the head of affairs, and two years after Selim's accession succeeded in concluding at Constantinople an honourable treaty with the emperor Maximilian II, whereby the emperor agreed to pay an annual "present" of 30,000 ducats (February 17, 1568).
		Little can be said of this degenerate son of Suleiman, who during the eight years of his reign never girded on the sword of Osman, and preferred the clashing of wine-goblets to the shock of arms, save that with the dissolute tastes of his mother, Aleksandra Lisowska, he had not inherited her ferocity.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Selim_II (372 words)

	Africa and the Middle East 1300-1615 by Sanderson Beck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Mehmed also intervened on the side of Shahsuwar in a conflict with his brother Budak over the throne of Albistan in 1467.
		By 1468 Mehmed II had annexed the Anatolian territory of Karaman, but in 1471 Persian ruler Uzun Hasan invaded Anatolia and the next year joined the alliance with Venice, Cyprus, and the Knights of Rhodes, pillaging the city of Tokat.
		Grand Vizier Sokollu Mehmed Pasha concealed the Sultan's death, executed the doctor for secrecy, and had Suleiman's body embalmed and not buried until the battle was won and Selim II could take power in Istanbul.
	www.san.beck.org /AC4-MidEastAfrica.html (23404 words)

	Mehmed Pasa Sokollu -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		During his tenure, a war was fought with Venice (1570–73), in which the Ottoman navy was defeated in the famous Battle of Lepanto (Oct. 7, 1571), but ultimately the empire secured its war...
		Mohammad II (Mehmed the Conqueror) (1432–81), Ottoman sultan, born in Adrianople (now Edirne); during rule (1444–46 and 1451–81), captured Constantinople and thus completed the Ottoman destruction of the Byzantine Empire; fourth son of Murad II; restored and repopulated Constantinople after capture in 1453; reorganized Ottoman administration, codified laws, encouraged scholarship...
		Historical sketch of the Hagia Sophia prior to its conversion to an imperial mosque by Mehmed the Conqueror.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9068543 (566 words)

	Mehmed Ii - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pan Michael: An historical novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey : a sequel to "With fire and sword" and "The deluge"
		Seven Ottoman documents from the reign of Mehmed II
		Stelae Turcicae II: Cimetières de la mosquée de Sokollu Mehmed Pasa à Kadirga Limani, de Bostanci Ali et du türbe de Sokollu Mehmed Pasa à Eyüb (Istanbuler Mitteilungen)
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /mehmed_ii.htm (144 words)

	Hotel Sokullu Paþa
		Recruited into Ottoman service through the child-tribute (devsirme) levied in the Balkans, Sokollu rose to the rank of high admiral of the fleet (1546) and later was governor-general (beylerbeyi) of Rumelia.
		After Selim's death, Sokollu lost much of his power and, having made a number of enemies, was assassinated.
		The 16th century Sokollu Mehmet Pasa Mosque built in an awkwardly shaped plot on a steeply sloping hill near Sultanahmet is one of the most beautiful examples of classical Turkish architecture and a masterpiece of the architect Sinan.
	www.sokullupasahotel.com /about_sokullu_pasa.htm (413 words)

	Murad III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		His accession the definite beginning of the decline of Ottoman power which had only been maintained Selim II by the genius of the grand vizier Mehmed Sokollu.
		For though Sokollu remained office until his assassination in October 1578 his authority was undermined by the harem influences which with Murad III were
		Of these the most powerful was that the sultan's chief wife named Safie ('the a beautiful Venetian of the noble family of Baffo father had been governor of Corfu and who had been captured as child by Turkish corsairs and sold into harem.
	www.freeglossary.com /Murad_III (494 words)

	OTTOMAN WEB SITE - 700th Anniversary of the OTTOMAN EMPIRE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Sultan Murad III led a life of pleasures, he never left Istanbul during his reign and he was very much influenced by the women in the palace.
		With Sokollu Mehmed Pasha’s successful administrations, the Ottomans gained power.
		The relations with protestant Britain had been improved against a Catholic unity led by the Pope, and, later Holland joined the Ottoman-Britain alliance.
	www.osmanli700.gen.tr /english/sultans/12biography.html (253 words)

	SELIM II
		His brothers Shehzade Bayezid and Mustafa were killed during his father Suleyman’s period and he ascended the throne without any conflicts.
		But, he was not as talented as his father Suleyman or his grandfather Selim I. Under successful administrations of experienced statesmen of the period especially grand vizier Sokollu Mehmet Pasha the empire continued to be a world power.
		Sokollu Mehmed Pasha had been the grand vizier for 15 years and it is possible to say that he ruled the empire in this period.
	www.sevgi.k12.tr /~ottomanempire/ingosmanli/Sultans/ikinci_selim_biography.htm (228 words)

	Sokollu by Ahmet Refik Altinay (Sokollu by Ahmet Refik Altinay) - Tulumba.com
		Altinay'in Sokollu adli eserinin ilk baskisi 1924 yilinda yapilmistir.
		Kanuni Sultan Süleyman, Ikinci Selim ve Üçüncü Murad devirlerinde 14 yil, 3 ay, 17 gün sadrazamlik yapmis olan Sokollu Mehmed Pasa Osmanli Devleti'nin en renkli simalarindan biridir.
		Bu kitap Sokollu'nun Gençligi, Sokollu ve Sehzade Selim, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Zamaninda Sadrazamligi, Ikinci Selim ve Sokollu'nun Müstakil Sadrazamligi, Sokollu Zamaninda Istanbul Hayati, Sokollu'nun Iç ve Dis Siyaseti, Üçüncü Murad ve Sokollu, Sokollu'nun Son Seneleri bölümlerinden olusuyor.
	www.tulumba.com /storeitem.asp?ic=zBK980464GT104 (283 words)

	Das Osmanische Reich
		Mehmed Ali Paê a ließ mit Billigung des Sultans 800 aufrührerische Mamluken-Beys töten.
		In den letzten Jahren seiner Herrschaft kämpfte Mahmud II gegen Mehmed Ali Paê a von Ägypten, der seinen Machtbereich innerhalb des osmanischen Staates ausdehnen wollte.
		Mehmed V. verdankte es nur den "Jungtürken" im April 1909 an die Macht gekommen zu sein.
	www.sahimerdan.de /osmanli_index.htm (5158 words)

	1579 - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		June 30 - Mehmed Pasha Sokolovic, Turkish Janissary (born 1505)
		Mehmed Sokollu, Grand Vizier of Suleyman the Magnificent and Selim II (born 1505)
		William Whittingham, English Biblical scholar and religious reformer (born 1524)
	encyclopedia.maksiu.info /wiki/1579 (346 words)

	kisi ayrinti
		Kanuni Sultan Süleyman, Sultan Ýkinci Selim ve Sultan Üçüncü Murad devirlerinde sadrazamlýkta bulunan Sokullu Mehmed Paþa 1506 yýlýnda Bosna civarýnda Sokoloviç kasabasýnda doðdu.
		Süveyþ Kanalýný da açmayý düþünen Sokullu Mehmed Paþa, bu amacýný gerçekleþtirmek için Sudan'ý zaptetti.
		Devlet teþkilatý içinde önemli düzenlemeler yapan Sokullu Mehmed Paþa, 1579 yýlýnda öldürüldü ve Eyüp'te defnedildi.
	www.biyografi.net /kisiayrinti.asp?kisiid=1849 (164 words)

	:..::. Museum Of Architecture ..:::.::
		While he was working in Bursa, he prepared 12 panels of measured-drawings from the Sehzade Mosque to be taken to the 1932 Chicago Exhibition.
		Following this he made surveys of those in Sokollu Mehmed Pasa Mosque.
		Sedat Cetintas contributed plans of the Sokollu Mosque at Kadirga to the Galatasaray Exhibition arr...
	www.archmuseum.org /biyografi.asp?id=5 (581 words)

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