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Count Alexander of Montenegro, the Glossary

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Count Alexander of Montenegro (1585? –1648?), also known as Şehzade Yahya (sometimes spelled Jachia or Jahja), was an impostor and a self-claimed pretender to the Ottoman throne who claimed to be the son of Sultan Murad III.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 25 relations: Ahmed I, Bar, Montenegro, Berk Cankat, Constantinople, Cossacks, Drisht, Eastern Orthodox Church, Fratricide, Haseki sultan, Janissary, Kösem Sultan, Kotor, Mehmed III, Montenegro, Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem, Murad III, Ottoman dynasty, Ottoman Empire, Pretender, Safiye Sultan (mother of Mehmed III), Sanjak of Prizren, Serbia, Shkodër, Skanderbeg, Sunni Islam.

  2. Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Sunni Islam
  3. Pretenders to the Ottoman throne

Ahmed I

Ahmed I (احمد اول; I.; 18 April 1590 – 22 November 1617) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1603 to 1617.

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Bar, Montenegro

Bar (Montenegrin: Bar, Бар) is a town and seaport in Coastal region of Montenegro.

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Berk Cankat

Berk Cankat (born 9 May 1984) is a Turkish actor and graphic designer.

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Constantinople

Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330.

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Cossacks

The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic Orthodox Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia.

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Drisht

Drisht (Drishti) is a village, former bishopric and Latin titular see (Roman Catholic Diocese of Drivasto) with an Ancient and notable medieval history (Latin Drivastum, Italian Drivasto) in Albania, 6 km from Mes Bridge (Albanian: Ura e Mesit).

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Eastern Orthodox Church

The Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest Christian church, with approximately 230 million baptised members.

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Fratricide

Fratricide (– the assimilated root of 'to kill, cut down') is the act of killing one's own brother.

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Haseki sultan

Haseki Sultan (خاصکى سلطان, Ḫāṣekī Sulṭān) was the title used for the chief consort of an Ottoman sultan.

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Janissary

A janissary (yeŋiçeri) was a member of the elite infantry units that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops.

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Kösem Sultan

Kösem Sultan (translit; 1589 – 2 September 1651), also known as Mahpeyker Sultan (ماه پیكر), was Haseki Sultan as the chief consort of the Ottoman Sultan Ahmed I, Valide Sultan as a mother of sultans Murad IV and Ibrahim and Büyük Valide Sultan as a grandmother of Sultan Mehmed IV.

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Kotor

Kotor (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Котор), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian), is a town in Coastal region of Montenegro.

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Mehmed III

Mehmed III (Meḥmed-i sālis; III.; 26 May 1566 – 22 December 1603) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 until his death in 1603.

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Montenegro

Montenegro is a country in Southeastern Europe, situated on the Balkan Peninsula.

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Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem

Muhteşem Yüzyıl: Kösem is a Turkish television sequel to the 2011 Turkish television period drama, Muhteşem Yüzyıl.

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Murad III

Murad III (Murād-i sālis; III.; 4 July 1546 – 16 January 1595) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1574 until his death in 1595.

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Ottoman dynasty

The Ottoman dynasty (Osmanlı Hanedanı) consisted of the members of the imperial House of Osman (Ḫānedān-ı Āl-i ʿOsmān), also known as the Ottomans (Osmanlılar).

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Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire, historically and colloquially known as the Turkish Empire, was an imperial realm centered in Anatolia that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central Europe, between the early 16th and early 18th centuries.

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Pretender

A pretender is someone who claims to be the rightful ruler of a country although not recognized as such by the current government.

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Safiye Sultan (mother of Mehmed III)

Safiye Sultan (صفیه سلطان; "the pure one" 1550 — after 1619) was the Haseki Sultan of Murad III and Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire as the mother of Mehmed III and the grandmother of two Sultans Ahmed I and Mustafa I. Safiye was also one of the eminent figures during the era known as the Sultanate of Women.

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Sanjak of Prizren

The Sanjak of Prizren (Prizren Sancağı, Sanxhaku i Prizrenit, Призренски санџак / Prizrenski sandžak) was one of the sanjaks in the Ottoman Empire with Prizren as its administrative centre.

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Serbia

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.

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Shkodër

Shkodër (Shkodra; historically known as Scodra or Scutari) is the fifth-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality.

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Skanderbeg

Gjergj Kastrioti (17 January 1468), commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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See also

Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Sunni Islam

Pretenders to the Ottoman throne

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Alexander_of_Montenegro

Also known as Alexander of Montenegro, Sultan Yahya, Şehzade Yahya.