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Mehmed the Conqueror expanded the Ottoman Empire, leading the siege of Constantinople in 1453 and extending the empire’s reach into the Balkans. This westward expansion across the heart of the former Eastern Roman Empire led him to declare himself Kayser-i Rum (Roman Caesar).
How did Mehmed II come to power?
Mehmed II acceded to the throne twice. In the first instance, at age 12, his father, Murad II, abdicated in his favour in accordance with a peace treaty. When the treaty was broken, the grand vizier and the Janissaries restored Murad to the throne. Mehmed ascended the throne again when his father died in 1451.
What were Mehmed II’s goals?
Mehmed II had many ambitious goals, though they were only partially achieved in his lifetime. He aspired to extend the empire as far westward as Italy, sought to restore Constantinople as a great capital, and set out to unify law and order throughout the empire. These latter two goals were completed under Süleyman the Magnificent.
What was Mehmed II’s legacy?
Mehmed was the fourth son of Murad II by Hümâ Hâtûn, an enslaved girl in Murad’s harem. 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 on the throne at Edirne and abdicated. During his first reign (August 1444–May 1446), Mehmed had to face grave external and internal ...
On his father’s death, Mehmed ascended the throne for the second time in Edirne (February 18, 1451). His mind was filled with the idea of the capture of Constantinople. Europe and Byzantium, remembering his former reign, were then not concerned much about his plans. Neither was his authority firmly established within the empire. But he was not long in showing his stature by severely punishing the Janissaries who had dared to threaten him over the delay of the customary gift of accession. Yet he reinforced this military organization, which was destined to be the instrument of his future conquests. He devoted the utmost care to all the necessary diplomatic and military preparations for the capture of Constantinople. To keep Venice and Hungary neutral, he signed peace treaties favourable to them. He spent the year 1452 mainly in building the fortress of Boğazkesen (later Rumeli Hisarı) for the control of the Bosporus, in building a fleet of 31 galleys, and in casting new cannon of large calibre. He made the Hungarian master gunsmith, Urban, cast guns of a size unknown as yet even in Europe. Meanwhile, the grand vizier Çandarlı argued against the enterprise and during the siege of Constantinople (April 6–May 29, 1453), the opposing views were voiced in two war councils convened at critical moments. Zaganos vehemently rejected the proposal to raise the siege. He was given the task of preparing the last great assault. The commander in chief, Mehmed II himself, on the day of the attack personally directed the operations against the breach opened in the city wall by his cannon. The day after the capture of the city, Çandarlı was arrested and soon afterward was executed in Edirne. He was replaced by Zaganos, who had become Mehmed’s father-in-law. Mehmed had had to consent to a three-day sack of the city, but, before the evening of the first day after its capture, he countermanded his order. Entering the city at the head of a procession, he went straight to Hagia Sophia and converted it into a mosque. Afterward he established charitable foundations and provided 14,000 gold ducats per annum for the upkeep and service of the mosque.
One of the tasks on which Mehmed II set his heart was the restoration of the city, now popularly called Istanbul, as a worthy capital of a worldwide empire. To encourage the return of the Greeks and the Genoese of Galata (the trading quarter of the city), who had fled, he returned their houses and provided them with guarantees of safety. In order to repopulate the city, he deported Muslim and Christian groups in Anatolia and the Balkans and forced them to settle in Constantinople. He restored the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate (January 6, 1454) and established a Jewish grand rabbi and an Armenian Apostolic (Orthodox) patriarch in the city. In addition, he founded, and encouraged his viziers to found, a number of Muslim institutions and commercial installations in the main districts of Constantinople. From these nuclei, the metropolis developed rapidly. According to a survey carried out in 1478, there were then in Constantinople and neighbouring Galata 16,324 households and 3,927 shops. Fifty years later, Constantinople had become the largest city in Europe.
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Understanding the Ottoman Empire
- Halil Inalcik
Apr 8, 2024 · Battle of Chāldirān. Selim I (born 1470, Amasya, Ottoman Empire [now in Turkey]—died September 22, 1520, Çorlu) was an Ottoman sultan (1512–20) who extended the empire to Syria, Egypt, Palestine, and the Hejaz and raised the Ottomans to leadership of the Muslim world.
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SULTAN definition: 1. a ruler, especially in the past, of some Muslim countries: 2. a ruler, especially in the past…. Learn more.
The sultan’s role as caliph placed the Ottoman Empire at the heart of Sunni Islam. Each year, millions of Muslim pilgrims from across Africa and the Indian Ocean made their way through the empire on their Hajj (pilgrimage) to Mecca.
The meaning of SULTAN is a king or sovereign especially of a Muslim state.
Definition of sultan noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
