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

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

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

The Ottoman Empire soon recovered from the blow inflicted by Timur, and Constantinople was taken and the Eastern Empire finally overthrown by the Sultan Mohammed II in 1453.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

There is an autograph letter of the Sultan Mohammed II to Pope Nicholas IV, with the Pope’s reply,—the theme of the correspondence being the Pope’s threat of war.

From Italy, the Magic Land by Whiting, Lilian