The Topkapı Palace (Turkish: Topkapı Sarayı; Ottoman Turkish: طوپقپو سرايى, romanized: ṭopḳapu sarāyı, lit. 'cannon gate palace'), or the Seraglio, is a large museum in the east of the Fatih district of Istanbul in Turkey.From the 1460s to the completion of Dolmabahçe Palace in 1856, it served as the administrative center of the Ottoman Empire, and was the main residence ...

Mehmed (modern Turkish: Mehmet) is the most common Bosnian and Turkish form of the Arabic name Muhammad (Arabic: محمد) (Muhammed and Muhammet are also used, though considerably less) and gains its significance from being the name of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam.Originally the intermediary vowels in the Arabic Muhammad were completed with an e in adaptation to …

Mahomed al II-lea (limba turcă otomană: محمد بن مراد, Meḥmed-i s̠ānī; cunoscut sub numele de Fatih Sultan Mehmed (Sultanul Mahomed Cuceritorul), scurt Fâtih (Cuceritorul); cunoscut în Europa sub numele de Grand Turco sau Turcarum Imperator; n. 30 martie 1432, Edirne, Imperiul Otoman – d. 3 mai 1481, Gebze, Provincia Kocaeli, Turcia) a fost al șaptelea sultan al …

The siege of Belgrade, Battle of Belgrade or siege of Nándorfehérvár (Hungarian: Nándorfehérvár ostroma or nándorfehérvári diadal, lit. "Triumph of Nándorfehérvár"; Serbian Cyrillic: Опсада Београда, romanized: Opsada Beograda) was a military blockade of Belgrade that occurred July 4–22, 1456. After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the ...

Timur (Chagatay: تيمور Temür, lit. 'Iron'; 9 April 1336 – 17–19 February 1405), later Timūr Gurkānī (Chagatay: تيمور کورگن Temür Küregen), was a Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in and around modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia, becoming the first ruler of the Timurid dynasty.An undefeated commander, he is widely regarded as one of the ...

The Eyüp Sultan Mosque (Turkish: Eyüp Sultan Camii) is in the Eyüp district of Istanbul, outside the city walls and near the Golden Horn.On a much older site, the present building dates from the beginning of the 19th century. The mosque complex includes a mausoleum marking the spot where Ebu Eyüp el-Ansari (Abu Ayyub al-Ansari), the standard-bearer and companion of the …

The name "Fatih" comes from the Ottoman emperor Fatih Sultan Mehmed (Mehmed the Conqueror or Mehmed II), and means "Conqueror" in Turkish, originally from Arabic.The Fatih Mosque built by Mehmed II is in this district, while his resting place is next to the mosque and is much visited. Fatih Mosque was built on the ruins of the Church of the Holy Apostles, …

MEHMED THE CONQUEROR ( Fatih Sultan Mehmed Khan Ghazi ); Left and Right: Portraits of MEHMED THE CONQUEROR Two at Center: The Conquest of Constantinople on 29 May 1453 Fatih Sultan Mehmed Khan: Entry of Fatih Sultan Mehmed into İstanbul by Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant.: Fatih Sultan Mehmed Khan Conquest of İstanbul by Fausto Zonaro (1854 …

Ezek után Mehmed Magyarország ellen indult. Hunyadi Jánosnak 1454-ben ugyan sikerült Firuz béget elűznie Szendrő alól, de ez nem állította meg a szultánt. Amikor 1456-ban Brankovics György szerb despota futárjai Budára hírt hoztak Mehmed nagy hadi készületeiről, Hunyadi a saját költségén 10 000 zsoldost toborzott és Juan de Carvajal pápai követtől, valamint ...

Infancia. El futuro Mehmed el Conquistador fue el tercer hijo de Murat II.Nació en el Sarayi de Edirne el 30 de marzo de 1432, de una muchacha esclava llamada Hüma Hatun.Poco se sabe acerca de los orígenes de Hüma, ya que no era una de las cuatro esposas de Murat, sino una concubina, probablemente una griega de cuna humilde aunque también se piensa que pudo …