TRENDEAtlas of the Sultans · Wars, battles and treaties
Revolt · 1559
After the execution of Prince Mustafa (1553) a struggle for the succession began between Süleyman's sons Selim and Bayezid. Bayezid took his transfer from Kütahya to Amasya as an insult and raised paid troops (“yevmlü”), which was treated as rebellion. He reached Konya with 30,000 men; in a two-day battle beginning on 30 May 1559 he was defeated by the regular forces supporting Selim. Refused a pardon, he fled to Iran in August 1559. Shah Tahmasp imprisoned him; after long bargaining he was handed to Ottoman envoys at Qazvin on 23 July 1562 and strangled together with his four sons.
| Date | 1559 – 23 July 1562 |
|---|---|
| Location | Amasya, Konya; then Iran (Qazvin) |
| Result | Defeated by Prince Selim before Konya (30 May 1559); took refuge in Iran, was handed over to Ottoman envoys in 1562 and killed with his sons at Qazvin |
| Belligerents | Ottoman Empire (Süleyman I, Prince Selim) | Prince Bayezid and his hired troops |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Prince Selim Sokollu Mehmed Pasha | Prince Bayezid |
Took place during the reign of Suleiman I (1520–1566). Suleiman I
Open the reign of Suleiman I on the mapBy the atlas's calculation the Ottoman lands covered about 5,124,000 km² in 1559; at the start of Suleiman I's reign they measured 3,034,000 km², at its end 5,127,000 km².
During Suleiman I (1520–1566) the atlas records 20 regions gained and 1 region lost.
Regions gained: Belgrade–Šabac (1521), Rhodes and the Dodecanese (1522), Eastern Slavonia and Syrmia (Osijek–Vukovar) (1526), Lika–Krbava (1527), Baghdad–Basra (1534), Azerbaijan–Shirvan–Yerevan (1534), Požega (central Slavonia) (1537), Yemen–Asir (1538), and 12 more.
Regions lost: Azerbaijan–Shirvan–Yerevan (1555).
With a reign of forty-six years he ruled longer than any other sultan. He brought the state to its military, legal and cultural peak; yet the executions of his sons Mustafa and Bayezid are the gravest instances of violence within the dynasty.
Areas are land area computed from the atlas's region data; see Method and sources.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “Bayezid, Şehzade” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.