Mohammed II

or Muhammad II

noun

the Conqueror, 1430–81, sultan of Turkey 1451–81: conqueror of Constantinople 1453.

Mohammed II

Mohammed II?14301481MOttomanPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?1430–81, Ottoman sultan of Turkey (1451–81). He captured Constantinople (1453) and conquered large areas of the Balkans

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They and the curtains which connect them once formed a stronghold built by Mohammed II on the ruins of a former castle.

He was great also as a legislator, and his work completed that of Mohammed II.

It now extends from near the east of the mosque of Mohammed II.

The serpentine column consists of three serpents twisted together: the heads are gone, Mohammed II.

Along the walls of one room were exhibited the costumes of the various sultans from Mohammed II to the present.

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