Rare Ottoman Empire Turkey Silver Coin MUSSA CELEBI 813 AH AKCHE FETRET DEVRI

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Rare Ottoman Empire Turkey Silver Coin MUSSA CHELEBI 813 - 816 AH
1410-1413AD
"FETRET DEVRI" INTEREGNUM PERIOD. AFTER THE BATTLE AT ANGORA.
Original coin
measuring 9-11mm. in diameter
1.13gm. NO HOLE.  Not cleaned. Rare and interesting as pictured. Authenticity guaranteed.
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Musa Çelebi
(died July 5, 1413) was an
Ottoman
prince (
Turkish
:
şehzade
) and a co-ruler of the empire for three years during the
Ottoman Interregnum
. The name
Çelebi
is an honorific title meaning gentleman (see
pre-1934 Turkish naming conventions
).
Musa was one of the sons of
Bayezid I
, the fourth Ottoman sultan. There is no consensus about his mother's origin; she was either the daughter of the
bey
of the Turkish
Germiyanids
or a
Byzantine
princess. After the
Battle of Ankara
, in which Beyazıt I was defeated by
Tamerlane
, Musa and Beyazıt were taken as a prisoners of war by Tamerlane. However, after Beyazıt's death in 1403, he was released. He returned to the Ottoman Empire,
which was now in turmoil
, and tried to access the throne in
Bursa
, the
Anatolian
capital of the empire in 1403. However, three of his brothers were also claimants to the Ottoman throne: in Asia,
İsa Çelebi
in
Balıkesir
and
Mehmet Çelebi
in
Amasya
, and in Europe,
Süleyman Çelebi
in
Edirne
, the
European
capital (the Ottoman Empire at the time had two capitals, since the declining
Byzantine Empire
in
Constantinople
separated the two parts of the Ottoman lands).
İsa defeated Musa and captured Bursa. Musa took refuge in
Germiyanid
territory, where he waited for a suitable moment to try again. In 1406, Mehmet, who had defeated İsa, became the sole ruler of the Anatolian portion of the empire, but he was no match for Süleyman of the European portion. Mehmet and Musa met in
Kırşehir
in central Anatolia and formed an alliance against Süleyman. Most of the
beyliks
in Anatolia also supported this alliance. According to the terms of the alliance, Musa was transferred to the European part over the
Black Sea
where he allied himself with
Mircea
of
Wallachia
. Süleyman now had to fight on two fronts, against Mehmet in Anatolia and against Musa in Europe. This strategy was partially successful, as Süleyman gave up his hopes to conquer the Anatolian portion of the empire. However, he was able to defeat Musa. Despite his defeat, Musa continued with hit-and-run tactics against Süleyman up until 1410. Meanwhile, Süleyman had lost most of his previous allies due to his uncontrollable temper. In 1411, Musa's tactics finally gave victory and he captured
Edirne
. The defeated Süleyman, while attempting to escape into Byzantine territories, was killed by villagers on February 18, 1411, and Musa found himself as the co-sultan of the empire.
The details of the previous Mehmet–Musa alliance are not clear. Musa declared himself the sultan of the European portion of the empire, while Mehmet viewed Musa as his vassal. Musa besieged Byzantine
Constantinople
(modern
Istanbul
) as retribution for
Manuel II Palaiologos
's support for Süleyman during the previous battles between Musa and Süleyman.
Manuel II Palaiologos
turned to Mehmet for support, who betrayed Musa and set up a new alliance between himself and the Byzantines against Musa.
In 1411 and in 1412, Mehmet's forces clashed with Musa's, and in both cases Mehmet was defeated. In 1413, Mehmet gained the support of
Serbian
monarch
Stefan Lazarević
and the bey of the Turkish
Dulkadirids
, as well as some of the generals in Musa's army. He defeated Musa's forces in the
Battle of Çamurlu
near
Samokov
,
Bulgaria
. Injured and trying to escape, Musa was spotted and killed on July 5, 1413.
Aftermath
Musa's death ended the Ottoman Interregnum. His brother Mehmet Çelebi became
Sultan Mehmet I
. However, in 1416,
Sheikh Bedreddin
, one of Musa's former allies (chief military judge, the
kazasker
), led an unsuccessful revolt against Mehmet I.
[5]
Other events that may be viewed as the continuation of the interregnum were the two rebellions of
Düzmece Mustafa Çelebi
, another one of
Beyazıt
's sons and one of Musa's, Mehmet's, and Süleyman's brothers who had been hiding in Anatolia. Mustafa was a fifth claimant to throne and he fought against both his brother Mehmet in 1416 and his nephew
Murat II
in 1421 unsuccessfully.
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