o Władzie Palowniku.
Źródło: Alex Axelrod, Charles Phillips Władcy, tyrani, dyktatorzy. Leksykon, wyd. Politeja, Warszawa 2000, s. 616.
Mehmed II Zdobywca słynne cytaty
Źródło: Marcin Szymaniak, Jak sułtan z klatki, „Focus Historia” nr 12 (92)/2014 (grudzień)
„Pająk przędzie zasłony w pałacu cezarów; sowa z krzykiem stróżuje na wieżach Afrasiaba.”
zwiedzając stary pałac cesarzy rzymskich w Konstantynopolu.
Źródło: Steven Runciman, Upadek Konstantynopola 1453, przeł. Antoni Dębnicki, PIW, Warszawa 1994, s. 137.
6 stycznia 1454, podczas oficjalnej intronizacji Jerzego Gennadiosa na patriarchę Konstantynopola.
Źródło: Steven Runciman, Upadek Konstantynopola 1453, przeł. Antoni Dębnicki, PIW, Warszawa 1994, s. 142.
Mehmed II Zdobywca: Cytaty po angielsku
“We do not conquer the lands, we conquer the hearts.”
Źródło: Aşıkpaşoğlu History (Prepared: Atsız), 154
“Hey Constantinople! Either I take you, or you take me!”
During conquest of Constantinople
Source: Conquest and Doomsday http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8i72Nzp5qbk/T04SJKBIGFI/AAAAAAAAVO0/RXo9ubjby50/s1600/fetihvekiyametbugun.jpeg During conquest of Constantinople
“We Turks are faithful muslims.”
Źródło: Halil İnalcık, Devlet-i'Aliyye I.Cilt, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları
“In order to see the boundaries of the probabilities, need to try impossible.”
During the fall of Constantinople, when he said that the ships would pass by land.
“If even a single hair of my beard learns my secret, I will cut my beard from the root.”
Źródło: Freely, John (The Grand Turk)
“Tell the your emperor; Where my power has reached, Emperor's dreams can not reach!”
While Constantinople was besieged, Mehmed's response to the Byzantine ambassador
“One night comes suddenly, I will add your kingdom to my empire.”
Źródło: Freely, John (The Grand Turk)
“In order to see the boundaries of the probabilities, need to try impossible.”
When he said that the ships would pass by land
Źródło: Ahmet Akgündüz - Mehmed's tolerance http://www.ahmetakyol.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9849&Itemid=47
“To turn away from the enemy is cowardice. Misfortune is the fate of the enemy.”
When he learned that the Crusaders had come toward him
Źródło: Ahmet Akgündüz - Mehmed's tolerance http://www.ahmetakyol.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9849&Itemid=47
“The Christian land, has lost his sword and shields.”
It is believed that Skanderbeg said on his death
Źródło: Alphonse de Lamartine (Ottoman History)
“The Christian land, has lost his sword and shields.”
It is believed that Skanderbeg said on his death