Kutonga kwaMehmed I semutongi weumambo hwakabatanidzwa zvakare kwakatora makore masere chete asati afa, asi aivewo hama ine simba kwazvo yaikwikwidza chigaro uye "de facto" mutongi weakawanda ehumambo kweanenge makore ese gumi nerimwe apfuura eOttoman Interregnum akapfuura pakati pekutapwa kwababa vake ku Ankara
uye kukunda kwake kwokupedzisira mukoma wake Musa Çelebi muHondo yeCamurlu.