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Illustration from the Süleymanname, TSM Haz 1517
f.611a, Capture of pseudo-Mustafa, 1555AD
A larger image of the Capture of pseudo-Mustafa, 1555. Süleymanname of 1558, Topkapi Saray Museum ms Hazine 1517.
During the 1553 campaign, Şehzade Mustafa, Suleiman’s eldest son and the popular heir to the throne, was executed upon the sultan’s order. The news of the execution caused unrest in all parts of the empire and an impostor claiming to be the executed Mustafa rebelled against Suleiman in Rumelia.
In 1555, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha suppressed the revolt of the pretender known as pseudo-Mustafa.
He was dragged behind a horse and hanged on a hook with his supporters in Istanbul.
More Ottoman Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers in the Süleymanname of 1558, Topkapi Saray Museum ms Hazine 1517.