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Akce - Murad II 848 AH/1444
| Issuer | Ottoman Empire |
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| Year | 1445 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Arabic |
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| Reverse lettering | خلد ملكه / ضرب أدرنه |
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Murad II's reign was interrupted — and this is one of the stranger episodes in Ottoman dynastic history. In 1444, Murad voluntarily abdicated in favor of his twelve-year-old son Mehmed, retreating to Manisa. The crusading forces of John Hunyadi and Władysław III of Poland promptly exploited the resulting uncertainty, prompting the Janissaries to demand Murad's return. He came back, crushed the crusaders at Varna that same November, and resumed the throne. Coins dated 848 AH fall squarely inside this constitutional chaos, struck under an authority whose legitimacy was being actively contested.