Mahmud Pasha Angelovic served as Grand Vezir under Sultan Mehmed II, in the years following the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, which were marked by an extensive imperial project, transforming the Ottoman principality into an empire. This book attempts to piece together the …
Mahmud Pasha Angelovic served as Grand Vezir under Sultan Mehmed II, in the years following the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, which were marked by an extensive imperial project, transforming the Ottoman principality into an empire. This book attempts to piece together the …
Mahmud Pasha Angelovic served as Grand Vezir under Sultan Mehmed II, in the years following the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople, which were marked by an extensive imperial project, transforming the Ottoman principality into an empire. This book attempts to piece together the …
Mahmud (Maḥmūd) Paşa ( Angelović , d. 879/1474) was an Ottoman grand vizier and poet during the reign of Sultan Mehmed (Meḥmed) II (r. 848–50/1444–6 and 855–86/1451–81). He was a native of the Serbian city of Novo Brdo (in today’s Kosovo) and claimed descent from Byzantine arist…
Kritoboulos of Imbros , (d. c.874/1470) was a Greek Ottoman historian and official in the court of Sultan Mehmed (Meḥmed) II (r. 848–50/1444–6 and 855–86/1451–81). He was born as Michael Kritopoulos, on the island of Imbros (İmroz/Gökçeada), but later adopted the more classical-…
Koca Mustafa (Qoca Muṣṭafā) Paşa b. Abdülmuin (ʿAbd al-Muʿīn) (d. 918/1512), an Ottoman official, military commander, and grand vizier during the reign of Sultan Bayezid (Bāyezīd) II (r. 886–918/1481–1512), was probably of Greek devşirme (periodic levy of male Christian children…
