Editing Murad II (section)

== Early life ==
Murad was born in June 1404 to [[Mehmed I]], while the identity of his mother is disputed according to various accounts. According to 15th century historian [[Şükrullah]], Murad's mother was a concubine. Hüseyin Hüsâmeddin Yasar, an early 20th century historian, wrote in his work ''Amasya Tarihi'' that his mother was Şahzade Hatun, daughter of Divitdar Ahmed Pasha.<ref name=tdv/> According to historians İsmail Hami Danişmend, and [[Heath W. Lowry]], his mother was [[Emine Hatun]], a [[Dulkadirids|Dulkadirid]] princess.<ref>{{cite book|first=Necdet|last=Sakaoğlu|title=Bu Mülkün Sultanları|publisher=Alfa Yayıncılık|year=2015|page=72|isbn=978-6-051-71080-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=M. Çağatay Uluçay|title=Padişahların Kadınları ve Kızları|year=1992|pages=27 n. 2|publisher=Ankara : Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevı|isbn=978-9-751-60461-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author= Heath W. Lowry|title= The Nature of the Early Ottoman State|date= 2003|publisher= SUNY Press|place= Albany|isbn= 978-0-7914-8726-6|page= 153}}</ref>

He spent his early childhood in [[Amasya]]. In 1410, Murad came along with his father to the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman capital]], [[Edirne]]. After his father ascended to the Ottoman throne, he made Murad governor of the Amasya [[Sanjak]]. Murad remained at Amasya until the death of [[Mehmed I]] in 1421. He was solemnly recognized as [[sultan]] of the Ottoman Sultanate at sixteen years of age, girded with the [[Sword of Osman]] at [[Bursa]], and the troops and officers of the state willingly paid homage to him as their sovereign.