Editing Selim II (section)

=== Accession ===
[[File:Selim II ascends to the throne - A.jpg|thumb|left|Selim ascends the throne.]]
Selim ascended the throne on 29 September 1566,<ref name="Necipoğlu">{{cite book | last=Necipoğlu | first=G. | title=Muqarnas, Volume 27 | publisher=Brill | year=2010 | isbn=978-90-04-19110-5 | pages=261–262}}</ref> following the death of his father on 6 September. Initially, his enthronement ceremony occurred in Istanbul, despite the presence of viziers and the military in Szigetvár, Hungary. The ceremony went unrecognised, leading to a request for a new ceremony in Belgrade.{{sfn | A’goston | Masters | 2010 | pp=208, 209}} On 2 October, three days later, the sultan left Istanbul.<ref name="Necipoğlu"/> In order to safeguard the process of enthronement and accession, the astute grand vizier [[Sokollu Mehmed Pasha]] maintained the secrecy of Suleiman's death until Selim arrived at the army in Belgrade.{{sfn | A’goston | Masters | 2010 | p=513}} In Belgrade, a throne was positioned between two tuğs (horsehair battle standards) in front of the imperial tent. The allegiance ceremony was then conducted at that location.{{sfn | A’goston | Masters | 2010 | p=208}} The new sultan went to Belgrade without offering the accession bonus, the standing army sought assurances of gratuity and promotion, but the sultan dismissed their request. Consequently, upon entering Istanbul, the army revolted, citing the absence of a proper enthronement ceremony.{{sfn | A’goston | Masters | 2010 | p=209}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=McCarthy |first=Justin |url=http://archive.org/details/ottomanturksintr0000mcca |title=The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to 1923 |date=1997 |publisher=London; New York : Longman |isbn=978-0-582-25656-9 |pages=163–164 |language=en}}</ref>