Cem's portrait.

Prince Cem (jem) was a pretender to the Ottoman throne in the 15th century. He lived from 1459 to 1495. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (776x1112, 45 KB) Prince Cems portrait painted by Pinturicchio Bernardo di Betto. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (776x1112, 45 KB) Prince Cems portrait painted by Pinturicchio Bernardo di Betto. ... A Pretender is a claimant to an abolished throne or to a throne already occupied by somebody else. ... Motto: دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem: Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299-1326) Bursa (1326-1365) Edirne (1365-1453) Constantinople (Istanbul) (1453-1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy Sultans  - 1281–1326 Osman I  - 1918–1922 Mehmed VI... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... Events September 23 - Battle of Blore Heath. ... 1495 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Cem was the younger brother of Sultan Bayezid II. At the death of Mehmet the Conqueror, their father, Bayezid was the governor of Sivas, Tokat and Amasya, and Cem ruled the provinces of Karaman and Konya. Sultan Beyazid II Bayezid II (1447/48 – May 26, 1512) (Arabic: بايزيد الثاني) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. ... Mehmed II Mehmed II (March 30, 1432 – May 3, 1481; nicknamed el-Fatih, the Conqueror) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444 to 1446, and later from 1451 to 1481. ... Shows the Location of the Province Sivas The province of Sivas is located at the eastern part of the Central Anatolian region of Turkey. ... Shows the Location of the Province Tokat Tokat is a province in northern Turkey. ... shows the Location of the Province Amasya Amasya is a province of Turkey, situated in the Black Sea Region to the north of the country. ... Shows the Location of the Province Karaman Karaman is a province of central Turkey. ... Shows the Location of the Province Konya Konya is a province of Turkey located in central Anatolia. ...

The grand vizier Karamani Mehmet Pasha sent two messengers to the brothers just after the death of Sultan Mehmet. But the messenger sent to Cem had been caught on the way by the Anatolia Deputy, Sinan Pasha, and Cem learned of his father's death four days later than his elder brother. For uncertain reasons, the Janissaries of Constantinople revolted on May 4, 1481 and killed Karamani Mehmet Pasha as a result of this event. In Bayezid's absence his son, Prince Korkut, took the throne as regent. A Vizier (وزير, sometimes also spelled Vizir, Wasir, Wazir, Wesir, Wezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many oriental languages) is an oriental, originally Persian, term for a high-ranking political (and sometimes religious) advisor or Minister, often to a Muslim monarch such as a Caliph, Amir, Malik (king) or Sultan. ... Chamberlain of Sultan Murad IV with janissaries The Janissaries (or janizaries; in Ottoman Turkish: يكيچرى (yeniçeri, meaning new soldier); in Albanian:Jeniçer; Greek: Γενίτσαροι; (Yenitsari) in Bulgarian: еничари (enichari) or яничари (yanichari); in Bosnian: Janjičari; in Serbian: Јањичари or Janjičari; in Romanian: ieniceri; in Arabic: الانكشارية) comprised infantry units that formed the... Map of Constantinople. ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... Events May 3 - Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Beyazid II. May 21 - Christian I, King of Denmark and Norway dies and is succeeded by his son John (1481-1513) With the death of Duke Charles IV of Anjou, Anjou was reverted... Regent, from the Latin, a person selected to administer a state because the ruler is a minor or is not present or debilitated. ...

Prince Bayezid arrived at Constantinople on May 21 and was declared Sultan. Only six days later Cem captured the city of Inegöl with an army of 4000. Sultan Bayezid sent his army under the command of vizier Ayas Pasha to kill his brother. On May 28, Cem had defeated Bayezid's army and he declared himself Sultan of Anatolia and made his capital Bursa. He proposed dividing the empire between them, leaving Bayezid only Europe. Bayezid furiously rejected the proposal and marched on Bursa. The decisive battle between the two took place near the town Yenişehir. Cem lost and fled with his family to Mamluk Cairo. Map of Constantinople. ... May 21 is the 141st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (142nd in leap years). ... Ä°negöl is a city in the Bursa Province of Turkey. ... A Vizier (وزير, sometimes also spelled Vizir, Wasir, Wazir, Wesir, Wezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many oriental languages) is an oriental, originally Persian, term for a high-ranking political (and sometimes religious) advisor or Minister, often to a Muslim monarch such as a Caliph, Amir, Malik (king) or Sultan. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... Anatolia lies east of the Bosphorus, between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Anatolia is a peninsula of Western Asia which forms the greater part of the Asian portion of Turkey, as opposed to the European portion (Thrace, or traditionally Rumelia). ... Bursa (formerly known as Brusa, Greek Prusa, Προύσσα) is a city in northwestern Turkey and the capital of Bursa Province. ... YeniÅŸehir is a district of Bursa Province of Turkey. ... A Mamluk cavalryman, drawn in 1810 A mamluk (Arabic: مملوك (singular), مماليك (plural), owned; also transliterated mameluk, mameluke, or mamluke) was a slave soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ayyubid sultans during the Middle Ages. ... Nickname: Al Qahirah (The Triumphant City) Cairos location in Egypt Coordinates: Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area    - City 210 km²  - Metro 1,492 km² Population (2005)  - City 7,438,376  - Density 35,420/km²  - Urban 10,834,495  - Metro 15,200,000 Time zone EET (UTC+2)  - Summer (DST...

In Cairo, Cem received a letter from his brother, offering Cem one million akçes (the Ottoman currency) in order to dissuade him from competing for the throne. Cem rejected the offer and in the following year he launched a campaign in Anatolia. On May 27, 1482 he besieged Konya but was soon forced to withdraw to Ankara. He intended to give it all up and return to Cairo but all of the roads to Egypt were under Bayezid's control. A silver coin, the akçe was the chief monetary unit of the Ottoman Empire. ... May 27 is the 147th day (148th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 218 days remaining. ... Events Portuguese fortify Fort Elmina on the Gold Coast Tizoc rules the Aztecs Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, becomes the first European to sail up the Congo. ... Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the countrys second largest city after Ä°stanbul. ...

Meanwhile, Pierre d'Aubusson, a member of the Knights of St. John invited Cem to Rhodes. On June 29 he went there as a guest, but the Knights betrayed him and he became a prisoner. Afterwards, Cem was sent to France. Sultan Bayezid sent a messenger to France and requested Cem to be kept there and he agreed to pay an annual of 40,000 in gold for his brother's expenses. Pierre dAubusson (1423 - 1503) was a Grand Master of the order of St John of Jerusalem (the Knights Hospitaller), and a zealous opponent of the Turks. ... The Knights Hospitaller (the or Knights of Malta or Knights of Rhodes) is a tradition which began as a Benedictine nursing Order founded in the 11th century based in the Holy Land, but soon became a militant Christian Chivalric Order under its own charter, and was charged with the care... Location map of Rhodes Rhodes (Greek: Ρόδος (pron. ... June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ...

Pope Innocent VIII intended to organise a new crusade using Cem but the European monarches rejected it. The Pope also offered Cem to convert to Christianity but he rejected. Cem came in use anyway, because whenever Bayezid intended to launch a military campaign against Christian nations of the Balkans, the Pope would threaten to release the throne pretendent. The current Pope is Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger), who was elected at the age of 78 on 19 April 2005. ... Innocent VIII, né Giovanni Battista Cibo (1432 – July 25, 1492), pope from 1484 to 1492, was born at Genoa, and was the son of Aran Cibo who under Calixtus III had been a senator at Rome. ... Christianity is a monotheistic[1] religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as presented in the New Testament. ... Balkan peninsula with northwest border Isonzo-Krka-Sava The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe a region of southeastern Europe. ...

Cem died in Capua on February 25, 1495. Sultan Bayezid declared national mourning for three days. He also requested to have Cem's body for a Muslim funeral, but not until four years after Cem's death his body was brought to the Ottoman lands. He was buried in Bursa. Capua is a city in the province of Caserta, (Campania, Italy) situated 25 km (16 mi) north of Napoli, on the northeastern edge of the Campanian plain. ... February 25 is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1495 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Turkish: Müslüman, Persian and Urdu: مسلمان, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of Islam. ...

See also

• Principe de Sayd

It has been suggested that List of claimants to the title of Principe de Sayd be merged into this article or section. ...

External link

• Descendants of Sultan Djem