Mehmed II: References & Edit History
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Franz Babinger, Mehmed der Eroberer und seine Zeit (1953), is the most detailed account of the subject by an authority, reviewed by Halil Inalcik, “Mehmed the Conqueror (1432–1481) and His Time,” in Speculum, 35:408–427 (1960). See also Cambridge History of Islam, pp. 295–308 (1970); and Steven Runciman, The Fall of Constantinople, 1453 (1965). The main sources on the subject are given in H. Inalcik, “Mehmed II,” in Islam Ansiklopedisi, 7:506–535 (in Turkish).
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| Anniversary information added. | Apr 29, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Mar 26, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: CORE - A History Dedicated to Mehmed II? Kritoboulos of Imbros and the Enshrining of a Superior's Memory after the Conquest of Constantinople in 1453 (PDF). | Feb 13, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia -1453: The Conquest of Constantinople by Mehmed II. | Feb 14, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - A History Dedicated to Mehmed II? Kritoboulos of Imbros and the Enshrining of a Superior's Memory after the Conquest of Constantinople in 1453 (PDF). | Jun 21, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Boston College - Mediakron - Portrait of Mehmed II. | Feb 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Mehmed II. | Sep 06, 2022 | ||
| Identified his mother as Hümâ Hâtûn. | Jan 19, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 05, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Muslim Heritage - The Cannon of Mehmed II. | Apr 05, 2019 | ||
| Changed "the Crimea" to "Crimea." | Apr 15, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Biography of Mehmed 2 Fatih. | Aug 31, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Mlahanas - Biography of Mehmed II. |
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| Added new Web site: The Ottomans - Mehmed the Conqueror. |
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Feb 28, 2007 | |
| Added new Web site: All About Turkey - Biography of Mehmet II. |
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Feb 28, 2007 | |
| Added new Web site: Magnificent Travel - Biography of Sultan Mehmet II. |
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Feb 28, 2007 | |
| Added new Web site: Olga's Gallery - Biography of Sultan Mehmet II. |
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Feb 28, 2007 | |
| Added new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Biography of Mehmed II. |
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Feb 27, 2007 | |
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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