one of the commanders of the infantry during the siege of Danzig in 1577. He was injured on his knee during the siege of Polotsk in August 1579. He also participated in the siege of Pskov in 1581. However, he had to leave the army after he cut the ear of a Hungarian nobleman in a duel. Moses was made the ispán of the salt mine at Felsősófalva (now Ocna de Sus in Romania) in 1582 or 1583. Before long, the royal estates at Siménfalva and Lövéte in the Principality of Transylvania (now Șimonești and Lueta in Romania) were granted to him. His manor house was built in Siménfalva. Moses married in late December 1584, but his wife died in the following year. Historian Lukács Sándor Szekeres says that his wife is unknown, but Judit Balogh associates her with Elisabeth Bodoni, a daughter of the captain of Udvarhelyszék. Moses was mentioned as ispán for the last time on 5 February 1591, but he may have retained this office until 1594 or 1595, according to Szekeres. The Serbs who lived in the Temeşvar Eyalet rose up against the Ottomans and sought assistance from Sigismund Báthory, Prince of Transylvania. Báthory dispatched Moses at the head of a small army to assist them. By the time the Transylvanian troops crossed the border in June 1594, the Ottomans defeated the Serbs. According to historian Judit Balogh, the Serbs' revolt fell because of the delay of the Transylvanian army. Moses laid siege to the fortress of Facsád (now Făget in Romania) without awaiting the arrival of the infantry. The Transylvanian cavalry could not break into the fortress and Moses was injured which forced him to lift the siege on 30 November. Moses never made a full recovery from the injury and he remained lame for the rest of his life. Moses participated in the war against the Ottomans in Wallachia in June 1595. Before long, he joined György Borbély, Ban of Karánsebes, who launched an invasion against the Ottoman Empire in late summer. The Transylvanian army captured at least six fortresses along the Maros River before the end of the year. There is no record of his activities during the following years, showing that he gave up his public career for a while. He wanted to prevent the commoners of Bikafalva (now Tăureni in Romania) from turning their pigs loose in his forests to fill