At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Anatolia
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Overview
In the civil war after Mehmed II's death in 886/1481 the people of Bursa sided with Prince Jem, who held the town as sultan for eighteen days and struck coins in his name. 1
Eighteen days
Al-Salabi writes that Jem was resident at Bursa when news of his father's death reached him, and took the townspeople's allegiance; he proposed dividing the empire — Europe for Bayezid, Asia for himself — but Bayezid refused the very principle, marched an army on Bursa and attacked, and Jem fled to the Mamluk sultan Qaytbay in Egypt. 2 Jem had planned to rule at least Anatolia with Bursa as his capital. 1
Connections
- Occurred at
- Bursa
- Had participant
- Prince Cem (Jem Sultan)· بايزيد الثاني
People and things also explored
السلطان محمد الفاتح· السلطان الأشرف قايتباي· بايزيد الثاني· Prince Cem (Jem Sultan)· Yesil Mosque, Bursa· The capital moves from Bursa to Edirne· The great Bursa earthquake of 1855· Bursa in the Turkish war of independence
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 1 p. 1398
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 163
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Jem Sultan hailed at Bursa for eighteen days”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/jem-sultan-bursa-886/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.