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Mehmed the Conqueror, the Ottoman sultan living in the 15th century, European sources say “ who was known to have ambivalent sexual tastes, sent a eunuch to the house of Notaras, demanding that he supply his good looking fourteen year old son for the Sultan ’ s pleasure.
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Mehmed and Conqueror
On 29 May 1453, Turkish sultan Mehmed II " the Conqueror " entered Constantinople after a 53 – day siege during which his cannon had torn a huge hole in the Walls of Theodosius II.
# Valide Sultan Hüma Hatun, born in Devrekani county of Kastamonu Kiran province, daughter of Abd ' Allah of Hum, Huma meaning a girl / woman from Hum, mother of Mehmed the Conqueror ;
The son of Murad II, Mehmed the Conqueror, reorganized the state and the military, and demonstrated his martial prowess by capturing Constantinople on 29 May 1453, at the age of 21.
* 1462: Mehmed the Conqueror is driven back by Wallachian prince Vlad III Dracula at The Night Attack.
* July 26 – Battle of Valea Albă: The Moldavians are defeated by the Ottoman army of Mehmed the Conqueror.
The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, " Mara, The Christian Sultana ", the stepmother of Mehmed II the Conqueror, " Barbarossa the Pirate ", " The Sleeping Beauty of Mystras etc.
His full style was Sultan Mehmed II Khan, Fatih Ghazi ' Abu ' l Fath ( Victorious Conqueror, Father of Conquest ), Padishah, Sovereign of the House of Osman, Emperor of Rome, Grand Sultan of Anatolia and Rumelia, Khan of Khans of the Two Lands and the Two Seas, Emperor of the three Cities of Constantinople, Edirne and Bursa.
" In his own Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time, Iorga's German colleague Franz Babinger also noted that Iorga could get " carried away by national pride ".
Some members of those families became prominent military leaders of the Ottoman armies, governors, Grand Viziers, Sultan's sons-in-law and the mother of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror.
At the death of Mehmed the Conqueror, on May 3, 1481, Bayezid was the governor of Sivas, Tokat and Amasya, and Cem ruled the provinces of Karaman and Konya.
Radu converted to Islam, entered the service of Sultan Murad II's son, Mehmed II ( later known as the Conqueror ), and was allowed into the Topkapı Palace.
While fierce resistance and Hunyadi's effective leadership ensured that the daring and ambitious Mehmed the Conqueror would only get as far into Europe as the Balkans, the sultan had already managed to transform the Ottoman Empire into what would be one of the most feared powers in Europe ( as well as Asia ) for centuries.
Taking into account his aggressive ambition and statements suggesting he dreamed of world conquest, most historians agree that Mehmed the Conqueror was initially interested in occupying Hungary and expanding as far into Europe as possible but was thwarted by the defeat at Belgrade and contained by Matthias ' military strength as well as fierce resistance by Vlach vassals.
The next important event during the history of Marmaris was almost two thousand years later, in the mid-fifteenth century, when the Ottoman Empire began to rise after the efforts of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, who succeeded in conquering and uniting under one banner the various tribes and kingdoms of Anatolia and the Balkans, together with Constantinople.
The bridge is named after the 15th century Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, who took Constantinople ( Istanbul ) in 1453 and ended the Byzantine Empire.
In June 1466, Mehmed II, known as " the Conqueror ", led an army of 150, 000 soldiers back to Kruja but he still couldn't capture the city.
Before the planned crusade commenced, Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror () decided to march against Hungary and Albania.
Mehmed and Ottoman
Ahmed III ( Ottoman Turkish: احمد ثالث Aḥmed-i < u > s </ u > āli < u > s </ u >) < span dir =" ltr ">( December 30 / 31, 1673 – July 1, 1736 )</ span > was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of Sultan Mehmed IV ( 1648 – 87 ).
* 1920 – World War I: Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI's representatives sign the Treaty of Sèvres that divides up the Ottoman Empire between the Allies.
* 1909 – Sultan of Ottoman Empire Abdul Hamid II is overthrown, and is succeeded by his brother, Mehmed V.
* Mehmed Çelebi, Governor of Anatolia ( Amasya ) and later as Ottoman Sultan Mehmed I Çelebi, ( 1389 – 1421 )-son of Devlet Hatun
Beyazıt ) was the oldest son and successor of Mehmed II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512.
Although besieged on numerous occasions by various peoples, it was taken only in 1204 by the army of the Fourth Crusade, in 1261 by Michael VIII, and in 1453 by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II.
Under a red flag bearing Skanderbeg's heraldic emblem, an Albanian force held off Ottoman campaigns for twenty-five years and overcame sieges of Krujë led by the forces of the Ottoman sultans Murad II and Mehmed II.
The discontent grew to open rebellion, fed by both Ottoman and British money and support: Bashir II fled, the Ottoman empire reasserted control and Mehmed Hüsrev Pasha, whose sole term as Grand Vizier ran from 1839 to 1841, appointed another member of the Shihab family, who styled himself Bashir III.
* 1453 – Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih captures Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
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