Mehmed II
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Alternative Titles:
Mehmed Fatih, Mehmed the Conqueror, Muhammad the Conqueror
Mehmed II, byname Mehmed Fatih (Turkish: Mehmed the Conqueror), (born March 30, 1432, Adrianople, Thrace, Ottoman Empire—died May 3, 1481, Hunkârçayırı, near Maltepe, near Constantinople), Ottoman sultan from 1444 to 1446 and from 1451 to 1481. A great military leader, he captured Constantinople and conquered the territories in Anatolia and the Balkans that comprised the Ottoman Empire’s heartland for the next four centuries.
Mehmed was the fourth son of Murad II by a slave girl. At the age of 12 he was sent, as tradition required, to Manisa (Magnesia) with his two tutors. The same year, his father set him …(100 of 1464 words)
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Mehmed II
Ottoman sultan
Alternative Titles:
Mehmed Fatih, Mehmed the Conqueror, Muhammad the Conqueror
Mehmed was the fourth son of Murad II by a slave girl. At the age of 12 he was sent, as tradition required, to Manisa (Magnesia) with his two tutors. The same year, his father set him …(100 of 1464 words)
- Introduction & Quick Facts
- Early years and first reign
- Second accession in 1451
- Mehmed’s empire
- Achievements
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