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Mehmed II eventually heard of these intrigues and was further provoked to action by David's demand that Mehmed remit the tribute imposed on his brother. Mehmed the Conqueror's response came in the summer of 1461. He led a sizable army from Bursa by land and the Ottoman navy by sea, first to Sinope, joining forces with Ismail's brother Ahmed ...
This is a list of campaigns personally led by Mehmed II (30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481) (Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى, Meḥmed-i s̠ānī; Turkish: II.Mehmet; also known as el-Fātiḥ, الفاتح, "the Conqueror" in Ottoman Turkish; in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmet; also called Mahomet II in early modern Europe) was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire twice, first for a short time from ...
Franz Babinger (15 January 1891 – Durrës, 23 June 1967) was a well-known German orientalist and historian of the Ottoman Empire, best known for his biography of the great Ottoman emperor Mehmed II, known as "the Conqueror", originally published as Mehmed der Eroberer und seine Zeit.
While those in the West gave up the crusade, Sultan Mehmet started his second Serbian expedition, despite the peace treaty. Because of preparations in Hungary, he considered his promises and all related obligations invalid.
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Mehmed the Conqueror then arrived at the Ostrvica Fortress, [2] [note 1] where the Serbian Despot had left his kingdom's treasury to prevent it from falling into Ottoman hands. [4] After the Ottoman cannoneers took their positions, they started firing upon the castle's walls. [ 4 ]
Zaganos or Zagan Pasha (Ottoman Turkish: زاغنوس پاشا, Turkish: Zağanos Paşa, Albanian: Zognush Pasha; c. 1426 – 1469) was an Albanian Ottoman military commander, with the titles and ranks of kapudan pasha and the highest military rank, grand vizier, during the reign of Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror".
Mehmed the Conqueror Ishak Bey: Demetrios Jakšic Konstantin Mihailović: Strength; 50,000 [1] Unknown: Casualties and losses; Unknown: Heavy troop losses All the people of the castle were taken prisoner; 320 people were recruited to the Janissaries; 700 Serbian women were conscripted into the army