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Biography Mehmed II (Sultan of
the Ottoman Empire)
Early Life
Mehmed II, commonly
known as Mehmed the Conqueror,
was born on 30th March, 1432 to 28 was the head of Manisha, he proceeded to conquer Serbia,
year old Sultan Murad II and the 22 did not accomplish much. His Morea, Trebizond, Wallachia or
year old slave Huma Hatun. He was children lived in Manisha. Romania, Bosnia, Venice, Anato-
circumcised along with his second lia, Moldavia, Albania, Karaman,
brother Sehzade Abdullah. When he Second Reign Amasra, Sinop and Lesbon.
was five his older brother Sehzade Mehmed became the
Ahmed died mysteriously at age 18. sultan on 3rd February, 1451 Later Life
Then when he was 9 his second older after executing his younger In his early life as sultan,
brother Sehzade Abdullah also died brother and his 1 year old son, he barely lost any battle. But in
at 18 mysteriously. Then his father Sehzade Hasan Celebi. Then his later life, he started to lose
abdicated the throne in favor of him like his ancestors, he decided battles. After 1460 he lost battles
in August of 1444. to invade Byzantines because with Amasra, Sinop, Trebizond,
they were trying not to pay the Lesbon, Karaman and Eastern
First Reign Ottomans the treasure they Anatolia. Later, he started win-
Seeing the Ottomans being had to. Grand Vizier Candarli ning battles after conquering
ruled by an inexperienced sultan, the Halil Pasha opposed the inva- Italy.
Hungarians, led by John Hunyadi sion and tried to make peace He also started to spend
attacked the ottomans. The Ottomans, in secret with the Byzantines, a lot of time of his later life with
even though ruled by a 12 year old which did not work. his children and partners.
sultan, nearly defeated the Hungari- In March the cam- He was on a campaign when he
ans. Grand Vizier Candarli Halil Pa- paign started and with the got an illness and died at the age
sha forced the young sultan to call his help of a failed Byzantine of 49 on 3rd May 1481.
father. The Hungarians were defeated builder and his son they made
and Murad again became king of the the first cannon and in two - Sathwik Tiwari
Ottoman Empire. days the cannon destroyed
Mehmed became governor of the walls of the Byzantine
Manisha, the most important state in Empire and in two days the
the Ottoman Empire. Although he Byzantine Empire had fall-
en. Then Sultan Mehmed
