At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Anatolia
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Murad II built the New Imperial Palace (Saray-ı Cedid-i Amire) in 854/1450 on an island in the Tunca; Mehmed II continued its construction the following year 1.
The island palace
Enlarged by successive sultans, the palace held 18 pavilions, 8 mosques, 17 large gates, 14 baths and 5 courts by the late seventeenth century, housing some six to ten thousand people 1.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Edirne Palace· Edirne
- Had participant
- Murad II
- During the reign of
- al-Mustakfi bi'llah II Sulayman ibn al-Mutawakkil
People and things also explored
The second battle of Kosovo· Battle of Varna and the breach of the treaty· Bucuktepe Rebellion· Janissary mutiny at Edirne· Murad II dies at Edirne· Murad II founds the Muradiye at Edirne· Treaty of Szeged (1444)· Edirne's Üç Şerefeli Mosque is built
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 2 p. 711
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Edirne's New Imperial Palace is built”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/saray-i-cedid-edirne-854/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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