The Grand Vizier Mehmed Sokollu was assassinated during the reign of the third Sultan with this first name.
The Grand Vizier Mehmed Sokollu was assassinated during the reign of the third Sultan with this first name. The fourth Sultan of this name came to power as a boy and was at first controlled by his mother Kosem Sultan. That sultan eventually conquered Armenia and Azerbaijan and signed the 1638 Treaty of Kasri Sirin by which the Ottomans annexed Mesopotamia. Another sultan with this name defeated a combined (*) Polish-Hungarian force led by Wladyslaw III and Janos Hunyadi at the Battle of Varna, while the first sultan with this name died conquering Serbia at the Battle of Kosovo Field. For ten points, give this common name of Ottoman sultans, including the fathers of Bayezid I and Mehmet II.
The Grand Vizier Mehmed Sokollu was assassinated during the reign of the third Sultan with this first name.
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