"Turcitul" or "the Islamized". The move qualified him for Ottoman administrative office - he was awarded the sanjak of Nikopolis (in today's Bulgaria), under the name of Mehmed (or Mehmet) Bey. These un-traditional gestures did not prevent his youngest son, Radu Mihnea, from becoming Prince in 1601. He died in Istanbul in 1601 and was buried in an unmarked grave. Notes References Letopisețul Cantacuzinesc Ștefan Ștefănescu, Istoria medie a României, Bucharest, Vol. I, 1991 A. D. Xenopol, Istoria romînilor din Dacia Traiană, Vol. V, cap. 3, Iași, 1896 1564 births 1601 deaths Converts to Islam Political people from the Ottoman Empire Rulers of Wallachia 16th-century Romanian people House of Drăculești Romanian Muslims 16th-century rulers in Europe