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 131 CHAPTEE VII peogeess of tueks between 1391 and 1425 : sultan bajazed's eeign : conquests in eueope : bulgaeian kingdom ended : westeen aemies defeated at nico- polis : anatolia-hissae built : capital theeatened : summons by timoue to bajazed i timoue's peogeess t ee ply of bajazed : battle of angoea and ceushing defeat of tueks : fuethee peogeess of timoue : death of bajazed, 1403: alaem in westeen eueope: depaetuee of timoue : steuggle between the sons of bajazed : ultimate success of mahomet : his good undeestanding with manuel : death of mahomet, 1420 : accession of muead i wae with empiee : siege of constantinople, 1422 : death of manuel, 1425 : teiumphal peogeess of muead i he besieges and takes salonica : besieges belgeade but fails : combined movement undee hunyadi against muead: battle of slivnitza, 1443, and defeat of tueks : muead sues foe peace : teeaty made with ladislaus : violated by cheistians : battle of vaena, 1441 : muead eavages moeea • iskendee bey, his oeigin i captuees ceoia : hunyadi again attacks muead : defeated at cossovo-pol, 1448 : seasons foe failuee of christian attempts : john has to foeego joining westeen combination against tueks : death of muead, 1451 '. mahomet the second becomes sultan. It is convenient to halt here and to retrace the steps of the Ottoman conquerors from the accession of Manuel, in 1391, with more care than was necessary in describing their direct K 2