2020-01-16 Thu

Murad III, the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire was born on 4th July 1546. His reign marked the beginning of the decay of the Ottoman Empire.

He was born in Manisa, to Sultan Selim I and his Empress consort Afife Nur Banu. At the age of 18, Murad was first appointed the provincial governor of Aksehir, and Saruhan (Manisa). Following his father’s short reign, Murad, at 28, ascended to the throne as the Murad III and the twelfth sultan of the Ottoman dynasty. Reigning from 1574 until his death on 16th January 1595 AD, his sovereignty saw lengthy wars against Iran and Austria and social and economic deterioration within Ottoman state.

During the reign, he issued coins in the denomination of Dinar, Dirham, Nasri, Akce, Sultani, and Uthmani. These coins were issued from various mints such as Tarabalus Gharb, Sakiz, Selanik, Inegol, Canca, Misr, Sidrekipsi, Nahcivan, Shamakhi, Jazair, Cajnice, Jazair, Manisa, and Sa'da.

The above-shown coin is gold Sultani of Emperor Murad III which was minted in Misr (modern Cairo in Egypt). The obverse of this coin depicts an inscription Sultan Murad bin Selim Khan, azze nasruhu, dhuribe fi Misr seneh 982. On the other hand, the reverse of a coin engraved with ‘Dharibun-Nadri sahibbul izzi vennasri filberri velbahr’.

Image Source: http://coins.lakdiva.org