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After the Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople, Mehmed II presented himself as [the] sultan of [the] two lands and [the] khan of [the] two seas (سلطان البرّين و خاقان البحرين), in which the "two lands" were Anatolia and Rumelia, and the "two seas" were the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.

Usage on coinage
Various sultans used this title on their coinage, including:
 * Murad III ((r. 1603 – 1595))
 * Mehmed III ((r. 1595 – 1603))
 * Ahmed I ((r. 1603 – 1617))
 * Mustafa I ((r. 1617 – 1618) and (r. 1622 – 1623))
 * Osman II ((r. 1618 – 1622))
 * Suleiman II ((r. 1687 – 1691))
 * Ahmed II ((r. 1691 – 1695))
 * Mustafa II ((r. 1695 – 1703))
 * Ahmed III ((r. 1703 – 1730))
 * Mahmud I ((r. 1730 – 1754))
 * Osman III ((r. 1754 – 1757))
 * Mustafa III ((r. 1757 – 1774))
 * Abdul Hamid I ((r. 1774 – 1789))
 * Selim III ((r. 1789 – 1807))
 * Mustafa IV ((r. 1807 – 1808))
 * Mahmud II ((r. 1808 – 1839))
 * Abdulmejid I ((r. 1839 – 1861))