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Gennadios II (Scholarios)

أجناديوس

Gennadios, the patriarch the Christians of Constantinople elected after the conquest in al-Salabi's telling: Mehmed II met the bishops, assured them their creeds and houses of worship would be preserved, and ordered a new patriarch installed. They chose Gennadios, who came in a procession of bishops to the sultan's seat, was received with great honour, dined with him and talked of religious and political matters — and left, in the book's portrait, with his view of the Ottoman sultans and of Muslims altogether changed 1.

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Roles
religious-leader
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Anatolia
Identifiers
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Overview

Gennadios, the patriarch Constantinople's Christians elected after the conquest, in al-Salabi's telling.

His installation

The book says Mehmed II met the bishops, assured them their creeds, laws and houses of worship would be preserved, and ordered a new patriarch installed — they elected Gennadios 2.

Meeting the sultan

He came in a solemn procession of bishops to the sultan's seat, was received with great honour, dined with him and spoke on religious, political and social matters — leaving, as the book portrays it, with his view of the Ottoman sultans and of Muslims entirely changed 3.

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Participated in
Conquest of Constantinople in 857 AH

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Ahmad ibn Ismail al-Kurani· آق شمس الدين· Baltaoglu· Candarli Halil Pasha the Younger· Constantine XI Palaiologos· Giovanni Giustiniani· السلطان محمد الفاتح· Orban the Hungarian cannon-founder

Sources

  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 111-112
  2. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 111
  3. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 112
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Ahmad ibn Ismail al-Kurani

Ahmad ibn Ismail al-Kurani, 'the godly scholar' whom Murad II appointed to teach his son Mehmed when the prince was governor of Manisa; earlier tutors had failed — the boy had not even finished a Qur'an recitation — so the sultan gave al-Kurani a rod to beat him if he disobeyed. The scholar entered, rod in hand: 'Your father sent me to teach you and to beat you if you disobey'; the prince laughed, and was beaten so soundly he feared him and completed the Qur'an soon after. Al-Salabi describes him as one who would tear up a sultanic order that contravened the shari'a, address the sultan by name and never kiss his hand, and he backed Zaganos at the final war council.