[4][5] In June–July 1530, a three week celebration was organised in Constantinople that centered around the circumcision of Mehmed, and his brothers Mustafa, and Selim.

[9] The festivities ranged from displays of captured enemy items to simulated battles, featuring performances by jugglers and strongmen, as well as reenactments of recent conflicts.

Suleiman played a central role, observing everything from a loggia in the Hippodrome, while Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha actively oversaw the proceedings and presented extravagant gifts to the sultan and the princes.

[18] Mehmed fell ill during the public festivities held in honor of his father's most recent military campaign in Manisa.

[14] The deceased prince's remains were transported from Manisa to Üsküdar by Lala Pasha, and Defterdar İbrahim Çelebi[10] in the north, just across the sea from Constantinople, where a funeral procession was assembled.

A sizable assembly, comprising scholars, religious elders, palace inhabitants, city residents, and the sultan himself, awaited the arrival.

Subsequently, the augmented procession ascended the hill to the Bayezid II Mosque for the funeral prayer.

[21] Suleiman commissioned the construction of a complex, comprising a mausoleum, a soup kitchen, a mosque, and a madrasa, dedicated to Mehmed.