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HISTORY
FATİH
SULTAN
MEHMET
GENERAL INFORMATION
Mehmed II was born in Edirne on March
30, 1432. His father was Murad II, the
sixth Ottoman Sultan, and his mother
was Hüma Hatun. His education and
upbringing was given great importance
at a young age and he was educated
by the most prominent scholars of the
time. When he was 11 years old, he was
appointed as the sanjakbey of Manisa A QUOTE FROM FATHI SULTAN MEHMET
in order to gain administrative 'We are going to conquer
experience. hearts, not lands. War is
made with everyone,
peace is made only with
honorable people.
EDUCATION
Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror received an intensive Islamic and scholarly
education from his childhood. Like the six sultans before him, he
possessed knowledge and technique in military matters. He is described
by many historians as a "Renaissance ruler". Fatih was a rare Eastern ruler
who was familiar with Italian culture. The Greek historian Kritovulos, who
was at Mehmed II's side, states that he knew Arabic, Persian, Hebrew,
Chaldean, Slavonic, Italian, Greek and Latin, in addition to his native
Turkish]. Fatih had a rich library, especially after the Conquest of
Constantinople, and owned thousands of volumes of books. The sultan,
who was also interested in ancient history, showed his interest in
geographical sciences by translating Plutarch's Geographia from Greek
into Turkish. In Fatih's palace, there were two scribes who knew Greek and
Italian and provided the sultan with information about the history of
Antiquity. Fatih, who was interested in mythology as well as history and
geography, had a copy of the famous Iliad Epic of the Greek poet Homer
FAMILY prepared. Fatih's Italian maid of honor, who was with him, made him read
His wives are Emine Gülbahar the works of thinkers from Ancient Greece and Roman historians.Fatih
also read the chronicles of popes, emperors, kings of France,
Hatun, Gülşah Hatun ,Helena Alexander the Great and the Lombards. The Byzantine historian Georgios
Frantzis said that the Conqueror admired Alexander the Great, the Roman
Hatun,Alexias Hatun,Sitti Mükrîme emperor Augustus, the Byzantine emperors Constantine the Great and
Theodosius. Fatih also showed a keen interest in firearms, and he
Hatun,Hatun Hatice, Hatun personally made the drawings of the shahi cannons, which are known to be
Çiçek,Hatun Anna,Hatun the first mortars in history and were used in the conquest of Istanbul. In
Divan literature, he wrote poems under the pen name Avni. Again, the
His children are Bayezid II,Cem sultan had philosophical discussions in his presence. From time to time, he
would gather the ulema or Muslim scholars together and ask them to discuss
Sultan and Şehzade Mustafa. theological problems in the presence of the sultan.
