OverviewThe Ottoman sultan remembered for taking Constantinople in 1453.CategoryHistorical FigurePeriodc. 1432 – 1481 CE
A memorable eventHis army captured Constantinople, the Byzantine capital. The city became the Ottoman capital and is now called Istanbul.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Mehmed II
A name to rememberAl-Fatih means “the Conqueror”. The name is tied especially to that victory, rather than being his birth name.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Mehmed II
SourcesOriginal summaries of the cited sources. Qur’anic accounts, later traditions and historical estimates are distinguished; brief profiles do not settle scholarly disagreements.TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Mehmed II
