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Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of Bayezid I, becomes Sultan of the Ottoman Empire with the support of Mircea I of Wallachia.
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Ottoman Interregnum
Civil war in the early 15th century Ottoman Empire
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Ottoman prince (d. 1413), claimant to the throne
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Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1389 to 1402
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Noble title with several historical meanings
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Turkish empire (c. 1299–1922)
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Mircea the Elder
Despot of Dobruja
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Day of the year
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