فتح القسطنطينية سنة 857هـ
فتح القسطنطينية سنة 857هـ
c. 29 May 1453 CE · 857 AH
Mehmed Fatih took Constantinople the Great after the severest fifty-day siege — his ships running over land — opening Istanbul on Wednesday 20 Jumada II 857 and praying the Friday prayer in Hagia Sophia, the dome that 'rivals the sky's dome and emulates the pyramids in strength' 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
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In time
Overview
Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror took Constantinople on Wednesday, 20 Jumada al-Akhira 857 AH, after a siege that lasted fifty days, according to Ibn al-Imad. 2
The conquest
Ibn al-Imad says that the sultan brought ships overland and by sea, besieged the city with the utmost severity, and took it on the fifty-first day. He prayed the Friday prayer in Hagia Sophia. 2
Inside the war council
al-Sallabi relates that when four ships sent by the Pope reached the city, the emirs and viziers gathered and told the sultan that there was no hope of conquest. He sent his vizier to the tent of Shaykh Aq Shams al-Din, who answered that God would certainly grant the conquest. The war council decided to continue. 3
Connections
- Occurred at
- Constantinople
- Had participant
- السلطان محمد الفاتح· آق شمس الدين
People and things also explored
آق شمس الدين· السلطان محمد الفاتح· Ottoman conquest of Constantinople under Mehmed II· بايزيد الثاني· مراد الثاني· Istanbul· Conquest 1453· Rise of Empires: Ottoman
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 344-345
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p.344-345
- al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001), p.113-114
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