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Your grandfather Ertugrul

Marched back to the foreign countries after the death of his father

Suleiman Shah

And from high grounds

He saw 2 armies fighting a violent battle

And when one of the armies became weak, he felt fervor

And marched down with his men to help the weak army

They fought ruthlessly with their swords and spears

against the soldiers that were winning

Till fear struck their hearts

So they escaped not looking back

And after the victory...

Ertugrul the invader knew

That God has sent him to rescue Prince Alaa, the Sultan of Konya

So the Prince rewarded him

by giving him some Provinces and cities

And it was the first seed of which...

came out a great empire that held the name of his son

Othman Ibn Ertugrul

Behave yourself during the lessons Prince Salim

Forgive me, Sheikh

It's a great story

- But it's hard to believe - What's hard, Prince Salim?

Do countries and kingdoms rise following random coincidences?

You mean that our grandfather tricked Prince Alaa

And why not?

War is a trick

And in order to establish a country everything is allowed

- Don't you like our history? - On the contrary

I see that we should be proud of our strength

And not hide it behind...

lies

I understand that you don't believe Sheikh Noureddine Sari's story

And who am I to do so?

What Sheikh Sari says is true

Go and make sure that the new throne is here

Yes your Majesty

The saffavid messenger has arrived your Majesty

Your highness, Sultan Ashraf Ibn Nasser Qansuh Al-Ghuri

Your son, the Shah send his best regards

Saffavids have never been friends with Mamluks, messenger

Your Shah saved himself the great evil of fighting us, right?

- We're not enemies, God forbid - But we are also not friends

But foolishness is a greater evil than enmity

May you live long and long live your country, Sultan

It is not foolishness or bad intentions to come bearing gifts

Show me what your master has sent with you

- What is this? - No one valuable

But it is a skull of a man who thought he can overstep us, the Saffavids

If you weren't in my castle, messenger I would've killed you with my bare hands

- Show me - Forgive me, your Majesty

- Messengers only bare messages - Show me!

Did your master use it to drink?

What is this letter?

"The sword and dagger are our flowers"

"Not narcissus and myrtle"

"Our wine is the blood of our enemies"

"And our cup is their skull"

- It is a threat, then - To the contrary, your Majesty

It is an invitation for allegiance and walk the path of greatness

I will prepare a suitable answer for your master, go!

Where is Tuman?

I have news about Ismael Al-Safawi your Majesty

What new insanity did he commit?

After he held a tight grip on Persia and killed thousands of its people

He's become close to our borders

And did he attack any of the frontiers' cities?

He arrived here, Padishah

His men are filling Anatolia with turmoil and destruction

And where is Younes, his men and the Janissaries of all this?

Where? Have they become soft?

The leader of the Saffavids knows the Janissaries well

One way or another, Shah Koli knows their weaponry and strategies

So he escapes the Janissaries every time they get close to him

It seems...

It seems that I'm the one who has become soft

Since we're talking about weaponry there is another problem

- What is it? - Prince Salim

He is arming his men with weapons we know nothing about

And didn't come out of our armory

He is arming many

And I think he is plotting something may God protect us from

It seems you don't like the opinion of Grand Vizier, Mustafa

I think we have enough on our plate with Shah Koli and Anatolia

As for Prince Salim, I don't think he is plotting anything

As Ali Pasha is saying

He abided by the Sultanate's order

Let me handle Salim

And you, Ali, being close to Ahmad is making you prejudice towards Salim

So watch out

Leave

We can't win wars with soldiers and weapons only

But with news too

Knowing what's going on behind the walls of your enemy is half the victory

Knowing our enemy in these times is stronger than the sword

- And spies... - Hidden soldiers

Hidden soldiers!

Well done, Said

Here they prepare the cards' papers that spies use

to communicate through pigeons

It is very thin

So it won't be heavy on the pigeon's foot

The pigeon flies a fair distance and a tower man grabs it

And he puts the letter in another pigeon's foot

He lets it fly to the next tower and so on...

Information saved us from a lot of aggressions and imminent invasions

From outside and inside the state

Letters are written in codes

So if it fell in someone else's hands he won't understand its content

So nobody else would understand it

The trick in our days is stronger than force

In war

and politics

Jamal, I have a mission for you in Aleppo

A mission? But I'm not a Mamluk, Thoma

This is why I chose you, come I will give you the details

Mahmoud, carry on the lesson in my absence

Janbardi

After you have proven your loyalty and competency

I will assign you as Chief Chamberlain of Aleppo

And one of Tuman Bay's men will escort you

You have to ensure his safety

and protect him till he returns safe

Rest assured, your Majesty no one shall harm him

- Your Majesty - Shahanshah, Shahanshah!

My good son

I came as soon as I received your letter

When I see you...

I feel relief and peace of mind

I'm at your service, Padishah

Padishah? Padishah?

Your brothers call me Padishah

But you say "Father, father"

What is this? Come with me Come with me, come

Take it easy, father my sickness isn't severe

Sit down

I will assign this mission to someone else

Sincerely father, I don't find comfort but when I serve you

Tell me what you want

I wanted you to go to Trabzon

- Did Salim do anything? - No, no

But I wanted to know what he intends to do

I don't want him to make the same mistake as his uncle Cem

Go to him

He will be pleased when he sees you he loves you

And I love him too because I know what's in his heart

I have to get ready to leave the road is long

Are you fine?

I'm fine

You are my only treasure in this life

It's enough for me

Janbardi, welcome to Aleppo

It's been a long time since we last met

Thank you, Wali

It's a beautiful city and it improved under your ruling

Thank you

This is Jamal the writer my friend from Cairo

- He loved to see your city - Welcome, Jamal

- It's an honor for me, Khair Bay - Come in

- Can you excuse me? - Where are you going?

My uncle asked me to collect a debt he has here

- Take with you some of the Mamluks - There is no need for them, Khair Bay

Thank you

Janbardi

- Hello sir - Welcome

I am Hussam Al-Deeb's nephew

He asked to collect a debt from you

Take all the money I have

and I will give you the rest when things get better

You are stalling again, man?

I still have some money left for my house's affairs

If it wasn't enough...

then the rest of the money will be the dowry for my daughter

And so I would've settled my debts

Your daughter? But...

She is well mannered and beautiful

- Who sent you? - Tuman Bay himself

He sent me to meet the men in Al-Bireh

These trainings are scary, Salim

And these canons are monstrous!

- Are you forming an army of your own? - And who dares on forming his own army

And the Sultan is on his throne? All this is his

What is this Salim? What are you doing?

Prisoners, who have become a burden on us now

I am trying to benefit from their presence

- But Salim, they are... - Dead anyway

Those prisoners are targets that sharpens the soldiers' sight

Father, father! I want to try uncle Salim's weapons

- Why? - I want to do like the soldiers

Fire at people and kill them

This is the new Ottoman Knight!

- I want to become like you, uncle - And I will coach you myself

Mohammed, go and continue playing

I know you love him but I didn't raise him like this

The boy is more manly than you shut up and don't ruin my mood

What's wrong, Shahanshah? Why aren't you eating?

I don't have the appetite to eat, Salim

You look sick, brother

Don't worry

Do you have any news regarding Shah Koli's movements?

Is this what's important to our father?

Not only Shah Koli who is messing around in Anatolia

- There are others - Who?

Fine

I will tell you a story you won't hear from the Sultan's men

About a group of people who call themselves "Jihardia"

Jihardia?

Veiled Knights who only speak to their master

They say that his name is Al-Kamel

Their fighting skills make each knight of them as strong as 20 of our knights

It is also said that Al-Kamel performs mysterious rituals

Alchemy and black magic He managed to turn dust into gold

and his knights into monsters

- And do you believe these myths? - Doesn't matter if I believe it or not

Shahanshah, people don't repeat anything if it doesn't have an origin

If this is true, who is this Al-Kamel?

It is said, Al-Kamel is an escaped warrior

But from where?

Janissaries? Mamluk?

The Persians? The Tatars? It could be any of these groups

And he built his hiding place on some battlefield he had barely survived

And started taking in followers from runaway Knights

What do they want? And why did they name themselves with this?

This is what no one knows

It is rumored that they have their prophecies about the Day of Judgment

And waiting for the awaited appearance and things of the sort

I find this hard to believe

Don't believe or deny anything you didn't see with your own eyes Shahanshah

And reassure the Sultan tell him that Salim...

Will send him a letter that contains what pleases him

What do I have to do with the Sultan?

- I am going back to my Province - Don't act smart with me

Don't act smart, Shahanshah I know you as well as I know myself

And I know why the Sultan sent you

Go and convey my message to him

Go

Mohammed

Mohammed

Mohammed! Come here!

What do you want from me?

What do you want from me?

Don't look back if you care about your life

Why did you come to Aleppo?

What message do you bring?

I told you I'm not carrying any letters

We saw you enter Al-Noury's shop and you were whispering

Talk or I will kill you now!

I don't carry any letters

My uncle sent me to marry his daughter

- To marry his daughter? - Yes, search me!

You won't find any letters with me You'll find some money for her dowry

It is a marriage we agreed upon a long time back

I'm but a simple writer in Diwan Al-Insha

We have to kill him He is useless

If we kill him, we will only bring the Mamluks attention to us

He didn't see anything and I believe he will remain quiet

Especially we are watching his every move

and watching him without him knowing we even exist

It is still early, Prince

Don't let my father's insobriety fool you, he's a smart man

and knows me as I know him, as soon as Shahanshah delivers my message

He will doubt me even more and we'll find his soldiers here

We should anticipate him

But he will confront you before you reach Istanbul

I will make him and offer that will hide my intentions

And as he thinks hard and tries to make up his mind

I would've reached him by then

They will call you a traitor

and taking advantage of Shah Koli's chaos for your own benefit

Who sits on the throne...

Beholds the truth

- May God forgive you, Jamal - I had no choice, uncle

Congratulations

Congratulations

Welcome, welcome

- Congratulations - Welcome

Thank you, sir

Thank you

Jamal

My daughter, Ward is under your safety, Jamal

Don't worry, uncle I'll take care of her

- Congratulations - Thank you, sir

Congratulations

- Congratulations - Thank you, sir

Congratulations

- Peace be upon you - Peace be upon you too

Welcome, Aleppo's groom

Sit

Peace and mercy of God be upon you

I am Kurkumaz, the deputy of Al-Bireh

And I am Jamal Ibn Abdulkarim Al-Husseini

- The writer of Dar Al-Insha - You don't need introductions

- Thank you - Wasn't it better for Tuman...

to inform me instead of sending you and putting you in danger?

And do the spies of Saffavid dare to kidnap you, Prince Janbardi?

I understand, Tuman sent you to hunt them

It was a bet

If they hunted me, we would know who they are and get rid of them

And if they haven't, I deliver his message to you verbally

And we won't lose a thing

If we had a 100 Knights like Tuman Bay we would've invaded the world

Most important, describe what you saw

On our way, my head was covered the whole time

We walked a long distance but I tried to calculate the distance

Their house is on the outskirts of Aleppo

Looking for them will take some time did you see anything else?

Yes

They made a big mistake when they removed the cover on my face

I managed to know their house very well

Well done, Jamal

In the name of God the most Merciful

and prayers and peace be upon his messenger

Salim Ben Bayezid

Your beloved has settled down in Trabzon for many years

And worked hard to maintain the Sultanate's order

But finally he ran out of strength

So he sent many letters and messengers to the Chalke Gate

But people of interest didn't help him

And I wish to be assigned to Silistra's Province

Or any other place in Rumely

Or else I won't return to Anatolia even if I was assigned to it

I don't care about the consequences

There is no other choice

Be aware that long talk with the sane

is with no use

Peace be upon you

Damn you, father

Damn you and your stupid law

All my sons are longing to kill me

They are fighting among each other

over this cursed throne!

Where are you going, Saffavid's men?

- I don't believe he's done this - Yes, he did

He did it, Khadim Pasha

Salim declared his rebellion

Our talk is still mere speculations nothing affirmative

What do you mean, Mustafa Pasha?

Till now, he only asked to be moved to a Province in Rumely

And what about arming his soldiers with huge canons?

and increasing the numbers of Janissaries?

Maybe he is putting his weapons and soldiers under your command, Padishah

Let's negotiate with him and give him a Province other than the one he asked for

That's a good idea

Your Majesty, I suggest that you send to him his old teacher

Sheikh Noureddine Sari he's the most capable of controlling him

Alright

Send him Sheikh Sari, to advise him on my behalf not to go too far

The Prince is waiting for you, Sheikh

The Sultan offers you Menteshe

I ask for Silistra and he gives me Menteshe?

- He gave you a province - Menteshe with dirty air and small land

and hard life?

Do you see it a Province that suits me Sheikh Sari?

Do you see it a Province that suits me?

In the Sultan's obedience the happiness of life and death

I obeyed him a lot! And what have I gained?

Nothing!

- I've had enough - Take it easy, Prince

Small mistakes grow bigger with stubbornness

Go back to the Sultan, Sheikh Sari

And ask him to give his kids as per their actions

And not to level who sleeps in his castle with the protector of his borders

Then go back to your Province and we will talk

I won't go back, Sheikh

I won't go back

With your disobedience, Prince you are committing 2 big mistakes

First

Going against the Sultan's will

Second

The will of the father

And if the Sultan was lenient in the first

Won't be lenient in the second

Prince

Come back to your senses

And beware of his anger

I don't care whatever happens

I thought the Sultan will come to bid me farewell

- Why? - I'm just a messenger

But the messenger is of the same value of his sender

You're right

And that's why we'll send with you gifts more valuable than the ones you brought

Open the box

Those are your spies that you sent to Aleppo

We gave you back your merchandise

- Is this all? - There's one thing left

Your master sent with you poetry along with the gifts

And we would like to do the same

"And I have a good horse restrained to good deeds"

"And I have a bad horse saddled for bad deeds"

"And whoever wanted to straighten me I am already straight"

"And whoever wanted to twist me I am already twisted"

This is certain

Salim crossed with his army and he's on his way to Istanbul

Should I stand idle till I see him here in the castle?

Before you issue your order your Majesty

Do you give me the permission to talk to him one last time?

Sheikh Noureddine

I sent you on your mission and you failed

Salim must be punished severely

Can't you offer him a Province other than Menteshe?

If he refuses this time do what you must

- Another Province? - Yes

One final attempt to avoid bloodshed your Majesty

And a chance to organize the affairs of the castle and Sultanate

What do you say?

Till when?

Till when with this issue? Till when?

My Lord

I'm not your Lord

My uncle arranged the wedding

I don't even know her

I am doing this for the good of people

For the people?

I have to protect the country

- For the people - Who do you think you are?

An angel?

A savior?

Thoma

You even couldn't...

You even couldn't set me free