Tursun Beg
Tursun Beg | |
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| Title | Tursun Beg |
| Personal | |
| Born | c. 1420 |
| Died | 1499 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Ottoman Empire |
| Main interest(s) | Ottoman history |
| Notable work(s) | "Tarih-i Ebülfeth" ("The History of the Conqueror") |
Tursun Beg (
Mehmed II
.
Tursun Beg's life is only known from references in his chronicle. He came from a prominent
siege of Constantinople in 1453 that led to the fall of Constantinople.[1]
Tursun Beg's only known work is the Tarih-i Ebülfeth (تاريخ ابو الفتح in Ottoman; "The History of the Conqueror").
Bibliography
- Tursun Beg. The history of Mehmed the Conqueror. [Tarih-i Ebülfeth] Halil Inalcik and Rhoads Murphey trans. Minneapolis: Bibliotheca Islamica, 1978.
- Woodhead, Christine. "Tursun Beg." Encyclopaedia of Islam. 2nd Edition.
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