1453 CEmajor

Ottoman Conquest of Constantinople

فتح القسطنطينية

Map: Constantinople (Istanbul) (41.0082, 28.9784)

Sultan Muhammad al-Fatih conquered Constantinople at age 21, fulfilling the Prophet's hadith: 'You shall conquer Constantinople. What a wonderful leader its leader will be, and what a wonderful army that army will be.' The city was renamed Istanbul and became the Ottoman capital.

Sources

  • Ottoman chronicles
  • Ahmad 4/335