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  2. Cem Sultan - Wikipedia

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    Cem was the third son of Sultan Mehmed II and younger half-brother of Sultan Bayezid II, and thus a half-uncle of Sultan Selim I of Ottoman Empire. After being defeated by Bayezid, Cem went in exile in Egypt and Europe, under the protection of the Mamluks , the Knights Hospitaller of St. John on the island of Rhodes , and ultimately the Pope .

  3. List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia

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    Cem Sultan: 28 May – 20 June 1481 (23 days) Son of Mehmed II; Acquired the title Cem bin Mehmed Han. [26] Died in exile; 9 Selim I: 25 April 1512 – 21 September 1520 (8 years, 149 days) Conquered Mamluks in 1516–1517. First Ottoman Caliph. Son of Bayezid II and Gülbahar Hatun. Reigned until his death. 10 Suleiman I: 30 September 1520 ...

  4. Şehzade Murad (son of Cem Sultan) - Wikipedia

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    Marino Sanuto says that on 5 December 1516, an ambassador of the Mamluk sultan came to Rhodes to demand the surrender of Murad, but the knights refused outright. Murad was given the Château de Fondo as his residence and showed gratitude by converting to Roman Catholicism, changing his name to Pierre.

  5. Sultan bin Salman Al Saud - Wikipedia

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    Sultan bin Salman started his career in 1982 as a researcher in the department of international communications at the Ministry of Information in Saudi Arabia. [13] His tenure lasted until 1984. [11] He served as deputy director of the Saudi media committee for the Saudi athletes participating in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Later ...

  6. Şehzade Cihangir - Wikipedia

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    Şehzade Cihangir (Ottoman Turkish: شهزاده جهانگير; 1531 – 27 November 1553) was an Ottoman prince, the sixth and youngest child of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his wife Hürrem Sultan.

  7. Count Alexander of Montenegro - Wikipedia

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    According to Alexander's own writings, when his brother, Mehmed III, became Sultan, he followed the Ottoman custom of executing all of his brothers (potential rival claimants to the Ottoman throne). Yahya's mother Safiye was concerned that this could also eventually happen to him after the death of his father, so he was smuggled out of the ...

  8. Şehzade Ahmed (son of Bayezid II) - Wikipedia

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    Şehzade Ahmed (Ottoman Turkish: احمد; c. 1466 – 24 April 1513) was a Şehzade (prince) of the Ottoman Empire, the eldest surviving son of Sultan Bayezid II.He fought against his younger brother, Selim, in the Ottoman Civil War of 1509–1513 to succeed their father, and was a central figure in the Şahkulu rebellion.

  9. STS-51-G - Wikipedia

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    Sultan bin Salman Al Saud from Saudi Arabia was on board as a payload specialist; Al Saud became the first Arab, the first Muslim, and the first member of a royal family to fly into space. [2] It was also the first Space Shuttle mission which flew without at least one astronaut from the pre-Shuttle era among its crew.