The execution of Shehzade Mustafa came as a complete surprise to many. Enemies rubbed their hands, friends and family - silently mourned.
The decision and order of the overlord is not negotiable.
Many condemned Suleiman for filicide, but in the eyes either they said that this decision was correct, or simply kept silent. But, nevertheless, there was a man who fearlessly was able to express his contempt for this act in the face of Suleiman. And that was Yahya Efendi.
As we know, Suleiman was fed by Afife - Khatun, who at that time had her own son Yahya Efendi, born on the same day as the future ruler. And so it happened that the nurse's son and Suleiman were considered foster brothers.
Yahya Efendi was a scientist and poet and even once pulled Suleiman literally from the other world. After the death of the concubine Nazenin, Suleiman gave his daughter Razie to be raised by his foster brother.
The girl is not shown to us in the series “The Magnificent Century” and her fate is unknown. However, years after the execution of Mustafa, Suleiman decides to visit the grave of his daughter, where he runs into his foster brother Yahya Efendi.
Suleiman is very happy to meet his brother, but Efendi is not at all happy about this meeting, and calls Suleiman neither brother or by name, but Sultan Suleiman khan khazret leri.
Suleiman did not expect that his brother would meet him like that, and asked:
- Is this how you meet a brother whom you have not seen for many years?
To which Yahya replied that he did not know where his brother was and what had happened to him.
“I lost, his lord, on the day he executed his son. These eyes are not my brother, these hands and heart are not my brother. My brother is different, he is merciful, his hands are not stained with the blood of innocent people. He is conscientious and generous. And you, sovereign, killed not only your son, but also my brother that day.
Angry Suleiman ordered the release of Efendi from his post as a madrasah teacher, and said in parting:
“Since you’re not my brother at all, I don’t want to see you again.
Efendi not only said “to the face” of the sovereign what he thought of him, he also asked him in memory of his long-term friendship not to deprive the mother of the late shehzade, Makhidevran, of his mercy.
Suleiman did not answer, but did not fulfill the request of the foster brother. He still deprived Mahidevran of his mercy, leaving him to live out his miserable years in poverty.
