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ACHMET GEDUC

Volume 2 · 60 words · 1842 Edition

a famous general under Mahomet II. and Bajazet II. in the fifteenth century. When Mahomet II. died, Bajazet and Zezan both claimed the throne, Achmet sided with the former, and by his bravery and conduct fixed the crown on his head. But Bajazet took away his life; shining virtue being always an unpardonable crime in the eyes of a tyrant.