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Sounds like that devious old Sheikh found a good way to get rid off of surplus daughters. Poor Osman.
Emese, the progenitress' dream kinda similar. A river sprung from her genitals which flooded foreign lands. The river represents the dynasty the foreign land is the Carpathian basin - as she dreamt this well before the Conquest, about 850 AD.
>Though this legend most likely created of him, not during his time as justification of his imperial ambitions.
Most likely.

>I think they try to 'digest' the opposition and de-prestige them with such behaviour.
Yeah, he hoped to restore the prestige of the kingship.

I guess the Ottoman court is the poster child of courtly intrigue. And juicy stories?


All this talk I'm tempted to play some CK2 or Mount&Blade thanks Turkey. Too bad both of them are a time sink.