`Fratricide` a Bid for Power

Fratricide : A Strive for Power

Abstract

Fratricide is the determination to attain and maintain power through a policy that condones "brother killing . This policy emerged under the reign of Sultan Mehmet II (1451-1481 ) in to secure the internal peace of the empire . The term fratricide is not a recent phenomenon because it existed in earlier historical incidents , legends as well as Greek myths . In this I will be examining the practice of fratricide in the Ottoman Empire as it began in earnest under the reign of Sultan Mehmet II (1451-1481 ) up

to Sultan Ahmed I (1601-1617 ) when fratricide declined . This time period exemplifies the framework for institutionalizing royal fratricide and how the system worked to shape policy and stabilize the Ottoman government

The Inauguration of Fratricide

Fratricide is a concept that is more or less extremely repugnant as it is the act of killing a sibling , more than likely a brother killing a brother or brothers . In the Ottoman Empire , fratricide was the method to ensure one 's dynastic succession . The practice began with Mehmet II known as the Conqueror because he extended Ottoman control to the Danube and to the Euphrates . Before Mehmet II attained control , his father Murad II , tried to abdicate , but Mehmet was only 12 years old at the time . Due to Mehmet 's initial unsuccessful attempt at power , Murad II returned to power . It was in 1451 , when Murad II , Sultan of the Ottoman Turks was replaced by his son Mehmet II

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