Bajazet II

Bajazet II., the son of Mahomed II., succeeded his father in 1481, having first defeated his brother, Zizim. He failed in suppressing the Mamelukes in Egypt, but he won territory from the Moldavians, Bosnians, and Croats. His two wars with Venice ended rather in favour of the Republic, and Shah Ismael of Persia somewhat encroached on his eastern borders. Selim, his youngest son, compelled his father to abdicate in his favour in 1512, and, it is said, poisoned him soon after.