English:
Tughra
(i.e., seal or signature) of
Mehmed II
, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444-1446; 1451-1481). An explanation of the different elements composing the tughra can be found
here
.
Date
10/09/2012
Source
Egypt State Information Service:
[1]
*The original PDF document from which this tughra was cropped is also hosted on Commons:
File:Tughras.pdf
This work first published in the
Ottoman Empire
is now in the
public domain
because the Empire's copyright formalities were not met (copyright notice, registration, and deposit), or because the copyright term (30 years after the death of the author, sometimes less) expired before the Empire was dissolved (
details
).