Umur

Umur's preying on Christian shipping led to the declaration of the Smyrniote crusades against him by Pope Clement VI in 1343.

Umur was described in an epic chronicle Düstürnâme-i Enverî, written by poet and historian Enveri during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II, as "the 'Lion of God' leading a just and holy war of conquest against the 'miscreants' and infidel Christians".

[1] According to an unreliable but colorful source, two Venetian ambassadors remarked that he was immensely fat with a stomach "like a wine casket".

They had found him wearing silks, drinking almond milk and eating spiced eggs from a golden spoon.

[6] As a writer, poet and patron of the arts and sciences, Kalila wa-Dimna was first translated to Persian during his reign.