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Exile of Prince Cem

Type Event Region Africa Time 1482

After losing a civil war in 1481, Prince Cem fled to Mamluk Egypt and Rhodes in 1482, surrendering to the Knights Hospitaller and becoming a diplomat…

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  1. 1482Cairo · EgyptPrince Cem arrived in Cairo with his family and attendants and sought an audience with Mamluk Sultan Qaitbay. Qaitbay bestowed money and ships but refused to send troops to help him regain the throne; after staying in Egypt for several months, Cem decided to seek another way out.
  2. 1482Rhodes · Dodecanese IslandsPrince Cem sailed to Rhodes and surrendered to the Knights Hospitaller's Grand Master Pierre d'Aubusson. The Order took him in as a political hostage, a move that immediately drew the diplomatic concern of Bayezid II.
  3. 1482–1483Constantinople · MarmaraTo prevent Cem from being used by European monarchs, Bayezid II began negotiating with the Knights Hospitaller, promising to pay an annual pension in exchange for continued detention of his brother. Cem thereafter passed through France, the Papal States, and other places until his death in 1495.

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