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Sultan Selim II died after a period of fever which resulted from a head injury. He was succeeded by his wife, Nurbanu Sultan, who became the de facto ruler of the Ottoman Empire until her son Murad III grew up.
Sultan Selim II died after a period of fever which resulted from a head injury. He was succeeded by his wife, Nurbanu Sultan, who became the de facto ruler of the Ottoman Empire until her son Murad III grew up.
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