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Halil Sultan

Type Figure Region Ottoman Empire Time c. 1300–1362 Also known as Çandarlı Kara Halil、昌达尔勒·卡拉·哈利勒、Kara Halil

Halil Sultan (birth year unknown, died 1362) was a powerful minister of the Ottoman beylik under Orhan, from the Çandarlı family, serving as chief mi…

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  1. c. 1340–1362Bursa · Ottoman EmpireHalil Sultan came from the Çandarlı family and served as chief minister under Orhan, directing administration and foreign affairs, with enough power to influence succession arrangements—a representative figure of the rise of early Ottoman civil-service families.
  2. 1362Bursa · Ottoman EmpireAfter Orhan died in 1362, Halil Sultan tried to maintain his influence over the succession, clashed with the succeeding Murad I, and was ultimately executed. The event is seen as a key turning point in the Ottoman monarch's strengthening of central royal power and curbing of powerful family ministers.

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