'Suleman's Only Son'

Prince suliman was sent as a young ten to learn how to rule in the city and province of menisa, also called magnesia. Sule arrived with his entire anterage, which included trusted advisers, servants, slaves, concubines,. His mother and her entire retinue, and sulemon's three sons, mahmut eight, mustapha, six and murad two. At 26, suleman succeeded his father. He had at least ten sisters, but no surviving, legitimate brothers. All died in childhood of natural causes or by the expert management of his own advocate slash mother, hafsa sultan.