death_date consort birth_date signature reign father house death_place title spouse image name caption predecessor succession birth_place signature_type successor mother religion article_title
december 21/22 , 1603 yes may 26 , 1566 tughra of mehmed iii.jpg january 15 , 1595 -- december 22 , 1603 murad iii house of osman constantinople , ottoman empire caliph the ottoman empire custodian of the two holy mosques of islam amir al-mu ` minin sultan of handan sultan alime sultan fülane hatun sultan mehmet iii of the ottoman empire.jpg mehmed iii the cristofano dell ` altissimo , 16th century . portrait of sultan mehmet iii by italian painter murad iii sultan of the ottoman empire manisa , ottoman empire tughra ahmed i safiye sultan sunni islam mehmed iii

mehmed iii

mehmed iii adli -lrb- ottoman turkish : محمد ثالث `` meḥmed-i sālis '' , ; may 26 , 1566 -- december 21/22 , 1603 -rrb- was sultan of the ottoman empire from 1595 until his death .
