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