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Murad II

1404–1451 · 15th century

Murad II was sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451, with a brief abdication in 1444 to 1446. He restored Ottoman power after the civil war that followed Timur's victory, inherited the Germiyanid lands in 1429, took Thessalonica from Venice in 1430, and defeated crusading armies at Varna in 1444 and Kosovo in 1448. His son Mehmed II conquered Constantinople.

Murad II
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