kzruen

...

We are still translating this material
into another language

but you can

go to the main page of the site
with the selected language

or

~ 1 min read
18.11.2025

Author:

Blue Mosque and beautiful sunset in Istanbul, Turkey/Getty Images

null
Contents

Konstantin Kapıdağlı. Portrait of Sultan Selim. Second half of the 18th century / Wikimedia Commons

Battle on the Field of Dabiq (1516). A page from the manuscript of the poem Selim-name, 1524 / Wikimedia Commons

Portrait of Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri by Paolo Giovio Paolo / Wikimedia Commons

Bellini. Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II. 1480 / Wikimedia Commons

Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Miniature from an Ottoman manuscript, dated between 1585 and 1590 / Wikimedia Commons

The entry of Sultan Mehmed II into Constantinople, painting by Fausto Zonaro /Wikimedia Commons

null
null

Jean Le Tavernier. Siege of Constantinople. Second half of the 15th century / Wikimedia Commons

Mehmed the Conqueror's bilingual (Ottoman and Chagatai) Fetihname (Declaration of conquest) after the battle of Otlukbeli / Wikimedia Commons

Ottoman painting showing the head of Mamluk Sultan al-Ghuri being remitted to Selim I. Folio from The Hünername ('Book of Talents'). 1584 /Wikimedia Commons

null

Battle of Otlukbeli. Ottoman miniature. Late 16th century / Wikimedia Commons

Daniel Hopfer. Mamluk horsemen of the early 16th century. 1526–1536, British Museum / Wikimedia Commons

Medal of Mehmed II, with mention "Emperor of Byzantium" ("Byzantii Imperatoris 1481"), made by Costanzo da Ferrara (1450-1524)/Wikimedia Commons

MATERIALS OF THE AUTHOR

Copied

© QALAM 2025. All rights reserved


Certificate of Registration for a Periodical Publication, Information Agency, and Online Publication No. KZ25VPY00077761. Issued on September 15, 2023, by the Information Committee of the Ministry of Information and Social Development of the Republic of Kazakhstan.