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Mehmed holds council about the growing Christian rumours of war. He dies and is buried in Constantinople. There was a Turkish custom that didn’t allow bickering sons of a previous sultan to access the empires treasures until one of them is emperor unchallenged. Mauzel in the Turkish court are given a taken supplies from each other according to the emperors wishes. They have investigators of violence for provinces

Mehmed attacks Bosnia killing the king, but is retaken by Hungary and Konstantin is captured by king of Hungary matyas. Mehmed returns Bosnia but doesn’t conquer the fortress in jajce.

Schemes to overthrow a Tatar king north of the Black Sea but fails. Janissaries shine once again and Mehmed gives them high praise.
The Dracula that Mehmed faces is actually the originals son. Mehmed granted a janissary the right to pass on his property to whomever he likes after his death.

Highlights king valdislavs kindness and how the Turks benefited greatly from Christian bickering. Mehmed fails to capture Belgrade.
More conquest from Mehmed. They capture Trebizond. Janissaries carry out a very difficult task and have their wages increased.

Claims he was taken in Novo Brdo. He escaped them in Samokovo but was hunted and captured by the “whole region”, then beat tortured and dragged behind horses until they were eventually “forgiven”.
Describes how he and the janissaries caught, tortured, beheaded and buried boys that plotted to kill Mehmed.

Immediately after Constantinople, Mehmed marches on Despot Durad (who was under truce and made catching Constantinople easier).
Emphasis on Serbian bravery, he thinks if the armies were not scattered they could’ve beat the Turks.
Talks about Mehmed taking 320 boys from Novo Brdo and sending them to Anatolia to become janissaries.

Constantinople is under siege for 8 weeks. The janissaries breach the poorly manned walls and slaughter the soldiers and the Greek emperor, then Mehmed went around to the other cities and conquered them without resistance.

Mehmed builds for a fortress for 2 years with Greek permission just north of Constantinople. They think he is planning to raid karaman lands.
Builds ships on land and gets 1500 horses off despot of Serbia (who was unaware of his plans).
Mehmed orders raiders to attack Constantinople, which resulted in any Turks in the city being slaughtered.
He then releases 30 ships into the sea from land.

Hunyadi wanted to go against the Turks again, asking for the despot of Serbia’s help who rejected. He then lost at the plain of Kosovo and escaped once again.
Mehmed II comes into power and makes a truce with the despot and Greece, 1451 he annexes another Anatolian state.

Hungarians defeat the Turks in Bulgaria, forcing them to give up castles and prisoners.
Morat resigns to a nut job order. His son machomet succeeds but is too busy hunting to realise the Janissaries have not been paid twice, which caused them to revolt and reinstate Morat as emperor.