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Revolt · 1416
Sheikh Bedreddin, who had served as chief judge (kazasker) of Musa Çelebi during the Interregnum, was placed under watch at İznik after Musa's defeat. He escaped to Deliorman and gathered a large following; his disciples Börklüce Mustafa rose in Aydın and Karaburun and Torlak Kemal around Manisa. The forces sent by Mehmed I first defeated Börklüce and Torlak and then captured the sheikh. On the ruling of a council of scholars he was executed at Serres; the sources place the execution between 1416 and 1420.
| Date | Summer and autumn 1416 |
|---|---|
| Location | Western Anatolia (Aydın, Karaburun, Manisa) and Rumelia (Deliorman) |
| Result | Suppressed; Börklüce Mustafa and Torlak Kemal were defeated, Sheikh Bedreddin was captured and executed at Serres |
| Belligerents | Ottoman state (Mehmed I) | Followers of Sheikh Bedreddin |
|---|---|---|
| Commanders | Mehmed I Bayezid Pasha | Sheikh Bedreddin Börklüce Mustafa Torlak Kemal |
Took place during the reign of Mehmed I (1413–1421). Mehmed I
Open the reign of Mehmed I on the mapBy the atlas's calculation the Ottoman lands covered about 559,000 km² in 1416; at the start of Mehmed I's reign they measured 340,000 km², at its end 593,000 km².
During Mehmed I (1413–1421) the atlas records 8 regions gained and 0 regions lost.
Regions gained: Karesi (Balıkesir–Çanakkale) (1413), Morava Serbia (Niš–Kruševac) (1413), Smederevo–Šumadija (1413), Wallachia (1413), Aydın–Saruhan–Menteşe (1414), Canik (Samsun–Ordu) (1419), Northern Dobruja (Constanța–Tulcea) (1419), Southern Dobruja (Dobrich–Silistra) (1419).
He reunited the shattered state and is therefore counted its ‘second founder’. His peaceful policy and the repair of internal order laid the ground for the great age of conquest that followed.
Areas are land area computed from the atlas's region data; see Method and sources.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, “Bedreddin Simâvî” (Turkish); text written for the atlas.