 Complete the following phrase:  Following his victory, Mesih performed the pilgrimage to Mecca in 1499. This seems to confirm reports of Mesihs religiositySpandounes wrote that he was a fierce enemy of the Christiansparticularly since no other Ottoman viziers or sultans of the period performed the pilgrimage due to the heavy demands of office. In addition, as Halil İnalcık suggests, the pilgrimage was an excellent excuse to leave his post and visit Constantinople, where to work for his recall. Indeed, with 