Ruler · 1546 – 1595
Murad III
Lived 1546 – 1595; ruler. Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (Ottoman Empire), 1574 – 1595; also in the line of Ottoman Greece.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.
- Lived
- 1546 – 1595
- 49 years
- In office
- 21 years
- one reign
- Lines
- 2
- states
- Left it
- died in office
- read off the dates alone
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire · the 14th of 39 dated reigns · 1299 – 1922
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Reigned 1574 – 1595 · 21 years · came to it aged 28
- Came to it
- inheritedthe child of the ruler before, on record
- Left it
- died in officeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1595, the year they died
Murad succeeded his father Sultan Selim II upon his death in December 1574 as Sultan Murad III.
Also in the line of Ottoman Greece (6th of 25, read from the line of Ottoman Empire).
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Wikidata Q159934 (CC0) · the reigns from Wikidata's P39 terms, the rulers' own articles read by grammar (sentences quoted above, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Kokkonen & Sundell where they code the line · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.