Oct 19, 2024
If Ahmed and Mustafa have died of the pox, what would happend with the empire? who could ascend the throne in that case? Grand Vizier? Sultanzade? A family member of lower rank for example a son of any hanimsultan?
Mmh I think a civil war would have broken out and even the Khans of Crimea would have tried to get the throne (or conquer parts of the empire).
Technically sultanzades were excluded from the succession because they descended from a woman (their fathers did not have royal blood), but who knows what could have happened in such a case.
I think a civil war is the most likely scenario and basically everyone (statesmen, the army, etc.) would have tried to acquire at least a piece of the empire.