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محمد الثالث

Mehmed III (r. 1003–1012/1595–1603) — the last Ottoman sultan to take the field in person, reviving the custom his father and grandfather had let lapse; at Eger he held firm when his troops scattered and the victory came within the hour. A poet-sultan inclined to tasawwuf; died 18 Rajab 1012 aged 38.

Reign · Ottoman Empire · no. 5 in the chain · 1595–1603 CE

Ruled the caliphate

Events of the reign

Battle of Balkh (1602)

Draft card for Battle of Balkh (1602); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Braşov

Draft card for the Battle of Braşov in 1603, Mózes Székely's defeat and death at the hands of the Ottoman allies; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Brest (1596)

Draft card for Battle of Brest (1596); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Călugăreni

Draft card for the Battle of Călugăreni in 1595, Michael the Brave's ambush of Sinan Pasha's army in the Long War; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Cecora

Draft card for the Battle of Cecora in 1595, the Ottoman victory over the Poles in Moldavia; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Giurgiu

Draft card for the Battle of Giurgiu in 1595, Michael the Brave's victory over the Ottoman army in Wallachia; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Guruslău

Draft card for the Battle of Guruslău in 1601, Michael the Brave and the Imperials' victory over Báthory in Ottoman-vassal Transylvania; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Herat

Draft card for the Battle of Herat in 1598, the Safavid retaking of the city from the Uzbeks; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Hubat (1600)

Draft card for the Battle of Hubat in 1600, of the Adal–Ethiopian wars; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Jenné

Draft card for the Battle of Jenné in 1599, the Moroccan capture of the city en route to Songhai; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Keresztes

Draft card for the Battle of Keresztes (Haçova) in 1596, the Ottoman victory over the Habsburg coalition in the Long War; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Klis (1596)

Draft card for the Battle of Klis in 1596, the fortress's recapture from the Ottomans in the Long War; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Nakhiduri (1599)

Draft card for the Battle of Nakhiduri in 1599, an Ottoman–Georgian clash; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Samarkand (1598)

Draft card for Battle of Samarkand (1598); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Battle of Stuhlweissenburg

Draft card for Battle of Stuhlweissenburg; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Celali Revolts

Draft card for the Celali Revolts of the late sixteenth century, Anatolia's great risings against the Ottoman state; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
First Tarnovo Uprising

Draft card for the First Tarnovo Uprising of 1598, the early Bulgarian rising against Ottoman rule; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
The Long War

Draft card for the Long War between the Ottomans and the Habsburgs on the Hungarian frontier from 1593 to 1606; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Polish–Ottoman War (1593–1595)

Draft card for Polish–Ottoman War (1593–1595); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Serbian–Ottoman Wars

Draft card for the Serbian–Ottoman wars of 1352–1913, the centuries of Serb–Ottoman conflict; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Algiers (1598)

Draft card for the Siege of Algiers in 1598; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Buda (1598)

Draft card for the Siege of Buda in 1598, the failed Habsburg attempt to retake the city; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Buda

Draft card for the Siege of Buda in 1602, the Habsburgs' failed attempt on Ottoman Hungary's capital; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Buda

Draft card for the Siege of Buda in 1603, the Habsburgs' renewed attempt in the Long War; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Eger

Draft card for the Siege of Eger in 1596, the Ottoman capture of the Hungarian castle; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Esztergom (1595)

Draft card for the Siege of Esztergom in 1595, the Ottoman garrison's stand against the Habsburgs; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Gori (1598)

Draft card for the Siege of Gori in 1598, an action of the Ottoman–Safavid contest for Georgia; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Győr (1598)

Draft card for the Siege of Győr in 1598, an action of the Long Turkish War; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Hubat (1600)

Draft card for Siege of Hubat (1600); its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Nagykanizsa

Draft card for the Siege of Nagykanizsa in 1601, the failed Habsburg assault on the Ottoman fortress; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Székesfehérvár (1601)

Draft card for the Siege of Székesfehérvár in 1601, the Habsburg recapture of the city from the Ottomans in the Long Turkish War; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Székesfehérvár (1602)

Draft card for the Siege of Székesfehérvár in 1602, the Ottoman defence in the Long War; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Tata

Draft card for Siege of Tata; its sources are not yet checked on the page.
Siege of Varad (1598)

Draft card for Siege of Varad (1598); its sources are not yet checked on the page.

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