HIST 1007 Lecture : Notes Part I
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Roxelana), he fell in love with her and gave into her demand to marry her and make her queen; she used power to replace chosen successor with her own son. Reading: a european diplomat"s impressions of sueliman i: ogier ghiselin de busbecq:1522-1590; flemish nobleman; served hapsburg dynasty (specifically ferdinand i, archduke of austria, king of hungry & bohemia, & holy. In 1555 ferdinand sent busbecq to istanbul to represent his interest in feud with. Suleiman over kingdom of hungry: 6 years of discussions before a compromise: austria had the western 1/3 of hungry and parts of croatia; ottomans had central hungry and could collect tribute from. Transylvania (semi independent: suleiman"s oldest son, mustafa was killed; sulemian"s concubine, roxelana, had two sons and a daughter; she ensured her son selim would become the next sultan. He heard of african gold, said it must be from the kingdom of prester john (east africa)
