The war for the throne of the Sultan

In the days of medieval darkness, the struggle for the throne was particularly brutal, and the exception of the Ottoman Empire is not. During the reign of Mehmed the Conqueror, all heirs to the throne brutally destroyed, starting with the oldest and ending with the babies. This was done for security purposes, the ruling Sultan. Only when Selim II measures softened, and the heirs of life left, but they could not lead a normal way of life and were locked in their rooms. Some, breaking out of the "Golden cage" started to conduct the most that neither is on the debauched lifestyle, and others are simply afraid of the people. Alone you could go crazy. After all, to the heirs only for some of the concubines, which could not have children. For example, Suleiman II of its loneliness perceived differently than the other, he was engaged in calligraphy and pretty successful in this business.

Sultan Mehmed The Conqueror

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Were not uncommon poisoned gifts and other things, soaked in poison. That not only was done in order to win the war for the throne. Poison used most often, that is why the sultans were very attentive and tried to hire the best tasters.

Selim II

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No doubt that in the Ottoman Empire glad to every child, and it was a very honorable thing to give birth to the Sultan of the boy, but that's later years beginning of the present bloodshed and often the wife of the Sultan of stimulated him to cruel actions.