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Hadım Şehabeddin, nicknamed Kula Shahin, was a 15th-century Ottoman military commander.
He was of Georgian origin. Şehabeddin got into Ottoman hierarchy by devsirme system and became a court eunuch (whence his agnomen Hadim) in the sultan's palace. Since 1439 he became a beylerbey (Commander of Commanders) of the Rumelia Eyalet (Eastern Roman Empire, present day Greece and west Turkey). Şehabeddin was known as ardent supporter of the expansionist policy of Ottoman Empire. He commanded the Ottoman forces that captured Novo Brdo in 1441. On 2 or 6 September 1442 an army commanded by Şehabeddin and sixteen sanjakbeys (a high-ranking officers) subordinated to him, sent by sultan Murad II sent to Wallachia to kill Vlad II Dracul, was heavily defeated near Ialomița River by the forces led by Janos Hunyadi. After this defeat Şehabeddin was dismissed from the position of beylerbey of Rumelia and vezier, which was also the position he held at that time. In 1444 Şehabeddin appeared as commander of the forces that fought against Orhan, the challenger of the sultan's throne and again as beylerbey of Rumelia, in Varna. Şehabeddin has been known as one of the "falcons" in the sultan's palace and advocate of the aggressive expansionist Ottoman policy. Being hadim meant that he had access to sultan's family which included his son known as Mehmed the Conqueror, in whom he have planted the seed of thirst for expansion of the empire. He died in 1453 in Bursa after he had witnessed the success of the expansionist policy he has always been advocating when Ottomans captured Constantinople.
Wow. This awesome eunuch is a quite an exciting guy. I think he deserves to be drawn in pair with his favorite Conqueror, of which he was certainly very proud, I guess.

Description
Hadım Şehabeddin, nicknamed Kula Shahin, was a 15th-century Ottoman military commander.
He was of Georgian origin. Şehabeddin got into Ottoman hierarchy by devsirme system and became a court eunuch (whence his agnomen Hadim) in the sultan's palace. Since 1439 he became a beylerbey (Commander of Commanders) of the Rumelia Eyalet (Eastern Roman Empire, present day Greece and west Turkey). Şehabeddin was known as ardent supporter of the expansionist policy of Ottoman Empire. He commanded the Ottoman forces that captured Novo Brdo in 1441. On 2 or 6 September 1442 an army commanded by Şehabeddin and sixteen sanjakbeys (a high-ranking officers) subordinated to him, sent by sultan Murad II sent to Wallachia to kill Vlad II Dracul, was heavily defeated near Ialomița River by the forces led by Janos Hunyadi. After this defeat Şehabeddin was dismissed from the position of beylerbey of Rumelia and vezier, which was also the position he held at that time. In 1444 Şehabeddin appeared as commander of the forces that fought against Orhan, the challenger of the sultan's throne and again as beylerbey of Rumelia, in Varna. Şehabeddin has been known as one of the "falcons" in the sultan's palace and advocate of the aggressive expansionist Ottoman policy. Being hadim meant that he had access to sultan's family which included his son known as Mehmed the Conqueror, in whom he have planted the seed of thirst for expansion of the empire. He died in 1453 in Bursa after he had witnessed the success of the expansionist policy he has always been advocating when Ottomans captured Constantinople.
Wow. This awesome eunuch is a quite an exciting guy. I think he deserves to be drawn in pair with his favorite Conqueror, of which he was certainly very proud, I guess.