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Fatih Sultan Mehmet II
At the time, and for centuries, Constantinople was a symbol of unchallenged power and glory. It was the seat of power of the mighty Holy Roman Emperor which consisted of a thriving seaport connecting Asia through the Bosphorus and Europe via the โGolden Hornโ. At the age of 21, Sultan Mehmet, was acutely aware of the geo-political, historical and cultural importance of gaining a stronghold in Constantinople. Constantinople, boasted of Christianityโs second most revered Holy Site, the 6th century marvel, Hagia Sophia; the jewel of Constantinople. Eventually, the loss of this city and the beloved Hagia Sophia to the Muslims,...
Fatih Sultan Mehmet II Episode 1
๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ Sultan Mehmet II is given the title ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ (The Victorious) - the one who conquered the capital of the Byzantine Empire, ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ, ๐ถ๐ป ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฏ, and marked the end of the mighty Byzantine Empire. The Ottomans had long eyed โ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒโ which would provide them a safe passage into Christian Europe and would also crown them as ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ. Mehmetโs conviction found firm grounds in the Prophet Muhammadโs (SAW) prophecy about the city;ย โโ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ซ ๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐!โ [Musnad Ahmad] A true heir...
The TorchBearers: Honoring Muslim Leaders
Fatih Sultan Mehmet II: A legacy of Strategy, Planning and Undeterred Resolve Episode 3: Fulfillment of the Prophecy A popular saying at the time was โBetter the Turkish turban than the Papal tiara.โ The relations between Orthodox Byzantines and followers of the Catholic Church were so volatile that Mehmetโs task became inadvertently easier. The Emperor, Constantine, was aware that there was little that bound his people together, within the formidable walls, even if help arrived from the West. Mehmet was able to lay a 53-day siege despite significant losses such as the loss of his tunnel engineers and workers through a...