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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Mohammed II

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

"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

After the occupation of Constantinople the Ottoman territories continued to expand, and at the death of Mohammed II they included what are now Bulgaria, Rumania, Serbia, Albania, and Greece.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton

Medina-Celi, Duke of, expedition to Jerba and defeat, 138-140 Memi Arnaut, 185 Memi Gancho, 220 Mendoza, 81, 114 Merin, dynasty, 22 Minorca, 92 Modon, 71 Mohammed II.,

From The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Lane-Poole, Stanley

When in 1453 A.D. the sultan Mohammed II, commanding a large army amply supplied with artillery, appeared before the walls, all men knew that Constantinople was doomed.

From Early European History by Webster, Hutton