International Journal of Middle East Studies

Table of Contents - 1979 - Volume 10, Issue 01  

Articles

The Genoese in Galata: 1453–1682

Louis Mitlera1

a1 Lexington, KY.

On the morning of Tuesday, 29 May 1453, the warriors of Mehmet II poured through the shattered walls of Constantinople. Later in the day their commanding general, Zaǵanos Pasha, accepted the keys of Galata, the walled town standingon a promontory on the shore opposite the Golden Horn, signaling the end of Genoese domination.

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