Career
Historians say that Şehzade Mehmed was very much like his older half-brother, Şehzade Mustafa. He looked up to him as his role model, and had a good relationship with him since their childhood. Şehzade Mehmed participated in his father"s successful Esztergom campaign (Siege of Esztergom).
There are different opinions about Mehmed"s death.
According to some historians, he died from smallpox. According to another opinion, he died a natural death.
After his son"s death, Suleiman the Magnificent had the famed imperial architect Mimar Sinan build the Şehzade Mosque in Istanbul to commemorate Mehmed. Mehmed"s only child was Hümaşah Sultan.
