Investigative-writer Mustafa Armağan, who makes a triumphal return from his historical journeys in his book, Sultan of the Horizons: Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, invites the reader on an exciting adventure through the labyrinths of history.
Armağan famously tempts the reader to “think with a sense of history” in his books, and in the Sultan of the Horizons he turns his detective’s eye on Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror (Fatih). Armağan sees Fatih as a man of projects, someone who established the horizons not only of the past, but also of today and tomorrow.
In this book you will find aspects of the modern world moving amongst the past, while the past continues to breathe in our world today. Armağan introduces us to the many faces of Fatih: in addition to soldier Fatih, politician Fatih, and strategist Fatih, Armağan also introduces the reader to scholar Fatih, poet Fatih, Sufi Fatih, and intellectual Fatih.
So many stories: the alleged offer of the Pope to convert Fatih to Christianity, the facts about the killing of his brothers, Fatih’s will that he illuminate the events of the future, the striking details of the edict he sent after the conquest of Bosnia in 1463 (which is still valid), the answer to the question of whether or not he actually caused a ship to pass through the land in 1453 – all these stories and more appear in the Sultan of the Horizons...
Sample Book Chapters
Did the Pope ask Fatih to convert to Christianity?
Did Fatih’s brother Ahmed become sultan of Hind (the land now known as India)?
Did Fatih institute the article of law known as “The Killing of the Brothers”?
Fatih’s will is found!
A Bridge of Light that connects Samarqand to Istanbul: Ali Kuşçu
What is the ‘date’ of the conquest of Istanbul?
Fatih: Sultan of both the East and the West