2020-02-03 Mon

Murad II was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire reigning from 1421 to 1444 and again from 1446 to 1451. He expanded and consolidated Ottoman rule and helped lead the empire to recovery after its near demise at the hands of Timur following the Battle of Ankara (1402).

Murad was born in June 1404 to Sultan Mehmed I and his wife Emine Hatun. He was brought up in Amasya and ascended the throne on the death of his father. Murad II's reign was marked by the long war he fought against the Christian feudal lords of the Balkans and the Turkish Beyliks in Anatolia, a conflict that lasted 25 years.

Depicted here is silver Acke issued under his reign. The obverse of a coin depicts ‘Sultan Murad Bin Muhammad Khan’. On the other hand, the reverse of a coin engraved ‘Khuldallah Mulkahu’.

Image Source: Heritage Auctions