“Tell the your emperor; Where my power has reached, Emperor's dreams can not reach!”

—  Mehmed II

The quote "Tell the your emperor; Where my power has reached, Emperor's dreams can not reach!" is famous quote attributed to Mehmed II (1432–1481), Ottoman sultan.

While Constantinople was besieged, Mehmed's response to the Byzantine ambassador

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Ottoman sultan 1432–1481

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