Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (died 1512)

Bayezid II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512

Bayezid II was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, Bayezid consolidated the Ottoman Empire, thwarted a pro-Safavid rebellion and finally abdicated his throne to his son, Selim I. Bayezid evacuated Sephardi Jews from Spain following the fall of…