BEYAZID II

1447–1513, Ottoman sultan (1481–1512), son and successor of Muhammad II to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). With the help of the corps of Janissaries he put down the revolt of his brother Jem. A peace-loving monarch, Beyazid did little to advance Ottoman power but much to further culture. He warred (1485–91) with the Mamluks of Egypt, to whom he lost Cilicia, and allowed Cyprus to be seized (1489) by Venice. A war (1499–1503) with Venice ended to the sultan's disadvantage, after which he renovated his army and navy. Beyazid speedily rebuilt Constantinople after it was devastated (1509) by an earthquake. In 1510 civil war broke out between Beyazid's sons Selim I and Ahmed. In 1512, Beyazid was forced to abdicate by Selim's supporters, who included the Janissaries. Selim then became sultan.

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Bandits and Bureaucrats: The Ottoman Route to State Centralization
Book by Karen Barkey; Cornell University Press, 1994
Subjects: Brigands And Robbers--Turkey--History--17th Century, Bureaucracy--Turkey--History--17th Century, Outlaws--Turkey--History--17th Century, Patron And Client--Turkey--History--17th Century, Patronage, Political--Turkey--History--17th Century, Peasantry--Turkey--History--17th Century, Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918
...the janissaries struck a bargain with Beyazid II not to debase the coinage at his accession...treasury. Kafadar argues that Mehmed II made use of recoinage and debasement...in 1826 during the reign of Mahmud II. But even earlier Selim III had been...
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The Politicization of Islam: Reconstructing Identity, State, Faith, and Community in the Late Ottoman State
Book by Kemal H. Karpat; Oxford University Press, 2000
Subjects: Islam And State--Turkey, Panislamism, Turkey--History--1878-1909, Turkey--History--Mehmed V, 1909-1918
...state Turkey. 4. Panislamism. I. Title. II. Studies in Middle Eastern history (New...of the work deals with Sultan Abdulhamid II (r. 1876 1909), who is seen as an absolutist...Making of a Modern Muslim Ruler: Abdulhamid II 155 8 The Sultans Advisers...
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Cultural Readings of Imperialism: Edward Said and the Gravity of History
Book by Keith Ansell-Pearson, Benita Parry, Judith Squires; Lawrence & Wishart, 1997
Subjects: Imperialism In Literature, Literature, Modern--20th Century--History And Criticism, Politics And Literature, Said, Edward W
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Islam and the West
Book by Bernard Lewis; Oxford University Press, 1994
Subjects: Christianity And Other Religions--Islam, Europe--Relations--Middle East, Islam--Relations--Christianity, Middle East--Relations--Europe
...Empire in 1769, ended in total disaster. The Treaty of Kucuk Kaynarca of 1774 was rightly described by the empress Catherine II of Russia as a success "the like of which Russia has never had before." Russias gains at Turkish expense were enormous and...
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What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response
Book by Bernard Lewis; Oxford University Press, 2002
Subjects: Middle East--History--1517-
...MacFarlane, Constantinople in 1828 , Vol. II, London, 1829, frontispiece. The message...History of the West Indies), 1583 1584. Beyazid Library, Istanbul. Courtesy of the Ministry...after their military defeat in World War II, they continued to serve as unavowed models...
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Scholarly Sinan
Magazine article by Yasmin Shariff; The Architectural Review, Vol. 218, November 2005
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Age of Sinan: Architectural Culture in the Ottoman Empire (Book)--Book reviews
...westwards to the Italian Renaissance. She describes how both Michelangelo and Leonardo were courted by the ruling sultan Beyazid II and points out the similarities between the Hagia Sophia and Bramantes centralised design for St Peters with hemispherical...


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encyclopedia articles on: Beyazid II  - 16 results

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Beyazid II
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BEYAZID II 1447 1513, Ottoman sultan...son and successor of Muhammad II to the throne of the Ottoman...Jem. A peace-loving monarch, Beyazid did little to advance Ottoman...renovated his army and navy. Beyazid speedily rebuilt Constantinople...
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Beyazid I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BEYAZID I bayazid , 1347 1403, Ottoman sultan (1389 1402), son and successor of Murad I. He besieged Byzantine Emperor Manuel II at Constantinople, then overcame the Turkish rulers in E...conqueror Timur , and the two armies met at Ankara in 1402. Beyazids troops consisted only of Serbs and the Janissaries , since...
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Muhammad II , Ottoman Sultan
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...had no results. Muhammad was a patron of learning and an accomplished linguist as well as a great commander. His son, Beyazid II, succeeded him. For a contemporary account of Muhammad II, see Kritoboulos, A History of Mehmed the Conqueror (tr...
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Manuel II , Byzantine Emperor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MANUEL II , Byzantine emperor (Manuel Palaeologus), 1350 1425...Boucicaut , defended Constantinople against the siege by Sultan Beyazid I. The victory of Timur over Beyazid at Ankara, in the same year, temporarily saved Constantinople...
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Innocent VIII
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...originally planned. Djem, brother and rival of Sultan Beyazid II , was being held captive by Pierre d Aubusson...sultan the threat of supporting Djems pretensions, Beyazid would come to terms. Beyazid (1490) agreed to leave Europe at peace if the pope...
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