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[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Not really, it was a thing that Ottoman Sultans did where as soon as they got the throne they killed off their brothers to secure their rule.

Mehmed III got the record for killing 19 brothers and then buried them with his father.