Mohammed II

American  

Or Muhammad II

noun

1. the Conqueror, 1430–81, sultan of Turkey 1451–81: conqueror of Constantinople 1453.

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Mohammed II British  

noun

1. ?1430–81, Ottoman sultan of Turkey (1451–81). He captured Constantinople (1453) and conquered large areas of the Balkans

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Example Sentences

Five hundred years ago last week, the Turkish Sultan Mohammed II rolled up his artillery and scaling ladders for one of the most decisive battles ever fought�the final assault on Christian Constantinople.

From Time Magazine Archive

"There," he can say, looking out at the water over the fortress of Rumeli Hissar, which Sultan Mohammed II built in 1452, "there is where it happened."

From Time Magazine Archive

When Mohammed II in 1453 wrested Constantinople from the last of the Caesars, Constantine XI Palaeologus, he barely missed capturing the papal ambassador, Cardinal Isidore of Russia, as an extra prize.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mohammed II established a great naval arsenal at Constantinople.

From Sea-Power and Other Studies by Bridge, Cyprian, Admiral Sir

The Ottoman Empire arose from the ruins of the old Greek Empire, early in the fifteenth century, Constantinople being made its capital in 1453, after its capture by Mohammed II.

From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Miller, Kelly