İsa Çelebi
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İsa Çelebi | |
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Yıldırım Bayezid | |
Mother | Devletşah Hatun |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
İsa Çelebi (d. September 1403) was an Ottoman prince (Turkish: şehzade) and a co-ruler of the empire during the Ottoman Interregnum.
Background
İsa was one of the sons of Bayezid I, the Ottoman sultan. His mother was Devletşah Hatun, the daughter of Süleyman Şah of Germiyanids and Mutahhara Abide Hatun, daughter of Sultan Walad. Isa worked as a sanjak governor in Antalya and fought in the Battle of Ankara in 1402 alongside his father. The Ottoman army was defeated, Bayezid I was captured by Timurl, and Isa escaped to western Anatolia.
Ottoman Interregnum
In 1403, after learning about his father's death in captivity, he began to struggle for the vacant throne against his brothers
He met with Süleyman, who supported his cause in Anatolia. With fresh troops provided by Süleyman, he returned to Anatolia and tried to recapture Bursa. Although he failed, allying himself with the Anatolian beyliks, which his father Beyazıt I had captured but which had regained independence after Beyazıt's defeat at the Battle of Ankara, he continued to fight against Mehmed. However, after a series of defeats and the betrayal of his allies, İsa gave up the war for the throne.[3]
After losing the struggle, İsa went into hiding, and was spotted in a public bath (hamam) in
Aftermath
After his death, the interregnum continued till 1413. In 1413, Mehmet became the sole ruler of the empire as Mehmed I after defeating Musa. Another one of the brothers, Mustafa Çelebi, who had been in hiding during the interregnum, later led two failed rebellions against the throne, one against Mehmet in 1416, and another in 1421 against his nephew Murad II. Murat called Mustafa Çelebi Düzmece Mustafa ("fake Mustafa") and executed him.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-975-389-878-2.
- ^ Joseph von Hammer: Osmanlı Tarihi Vol I (condensation: Abdülkadir Karahan), Milliyet yayınları, İstanbul. p 55-56
- ^ Prof. Yaşar Yüce-Prof. Ali Sevim: Türkiye Tarihi Cilt II, AKDTYKTTK Yayınları, İstanbul, 1991 p 72