Muhammad III

Muhammad III

or

Mehmet III,

1567–1603, Ottoman sultan (1595–1603), son and successor of Murad III to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). Muhammad, who was a provisional governor under his father, was the last sultan to have any experience in public affairs before ascending the throne. He fought inconclusively in Hungary and in his last year lost Tabriz to Shah Abbas I of Persia. His son Ahmed I succeeded him.
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Per Wikipedia, Morocco's Sultan Muhammad III was the first world leader to recognize the sovereignty of the United States followed by Nederland's Johannes de Graaf and Tipu Sultan of Mysore (India).
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