Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
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Abu Ayyub al-Ansari — born Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb ibn Tha'laba in Yathrib — was from the tribe of Banu Najjar, and a close companion and the standard-bearer of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Abu Ay
The tomb of Abu Ayyub in Istanbul, Turkey
The türbe of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
Mehmed II
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Mehmed II, commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror, was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire twice, from August 1444 to September 1446 and again from February 1451 to May 1481.
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
…After the Conquest of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks, a tomb was constructed above Abu Ayyub's grave and a mosque built in his honour by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror. From that point on, the area now known as the locality of Eyüp became sacred and many Ottoman officials requested burial in proximity of Abu Ayyub…
Portrait of Mehmet II by Gentile Bellini, dating 1480
Accession of Mehmed II in Edirne, 1451
Rumelihisarı, built by Sultan Mehmed II between 1451 and 1452, before the Fall of Constantinople
The entry of Sultan Mehmed II into Constantinople, painting by Fausto Zonaro (1854–1929)