Execution
During Suleiman's Iran campaign, his army settled in Ereğli for a while. While Suleiman's army was in Ereğli, Rüstem Pasha offered Mustafa to join his father's army. At the same time he warned Suleiman and he persuaded the Sultan that Mustafa was coming to kill him.
Mustafa accepted Rüstem Pasha's offer and assembled his army to join his father. Suleiman saw this as a threat and ordered the execution of his son. When Mustafa entered his father's tent to meet with him, Suleiman's guards attacked Mustafa, and after a long struggle they killed him.
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