Murad II

Murad II (Ottoman Turkish: مراد ثانى, romanized: Murād-ı sānī, Turkish: II. Murad, 15 May 1433 – 9 January 1506) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1483 to 1506. He is called the great. Murad II's reign was a period of important economic development. Trade increased and Ottoman cities expanded considerably.
He was the eldest son of Iskender I and his haseki Nehir Sultan.
==Early life==
Murad was born in May 1433 to Sultan Iskender I. He spent his early childhood in Amasya. In 1439, Murad came along with his father to Edirne. After his father ascended to the Ottoman throne, he made Murad governor of the Amasya Sanjak. Murad remained at Amasya until the death of Iskender I in 1483.
==Reign==
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==Family==
; Consorts
Murad II had four known wives:
* Ayşe Sultan: first concubine and Haseki;
* Handan Sultan: mother of Ahmed I;
* Hirihmene Sultan;
; Sons
* Iskender II ( 17 March 1450 - ) with Hirihmene Sultan;
* Ahmed I ( 23 March 1450 - ) with Handan Sultan;
* Şehzade Selim ( September 1457 - 1489)he died in a fire;
* Şehzade Mahmud ( 14 October 1461 - ) with Hirihmene.
* Şehzade Hassan (23 March 1469 - 1489) he died in a fire;
* Şehzade Mehmed;
* Şehzade Ibrahim.
; Daughters
* Parah Sultan (23 September 1449 - 1478) with Ayşe, she married Damat Halil Pasha in 1463, she had a daughter Safiye Hanimsultan;
* Hammi Sultan ( 23 March 1450 - ) with Handan Sultan, she married Kara Hasan Pasha;
* Birhrima Sultan (3 November 1451 - 14 January 1523)
* Rakşa Sultan ( 3 November 1451 - 25 August 1517) with Ayşe, she married Damat Ibrahim Pasha, she had four children.
* Kara Sultan;
* Hatun Sultan.
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