WRITER

Konstantin Mihailović

1435 - 1501

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Konstantin Mihailović, also known as Constantine of Ostrovica, born in 1430, was a Serbian soldier and author of a memoir of his time as a Janissary in the army of the Ottoman Empire. Mihailović was born in the village of Ostrovica, near Rudnik in the Serbian Despotate. His book, Memoirs of a Janissary (Serbian: Успомене јаничара) was written at the end of the 15th century, probably between 1490 and 1501, and provides a unique insight into life in the Ottoman Army of the time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Konstantin Mihailović has received more than 92,045 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Konstantin Mihailović is the 3,293rd most popular writer (down from 2,601st in 2019).

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Notable Works

Bir Yenicerinin Hatiralari
Memoirs of a janissary
Sources, History, Turks in Serbia

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Konstantin Mihailović ranks 3,293 out of 7,302Before him are Eugène Burnouf, Malak Hifni Nasif, Bernard Maris, Idries Shah, Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, and Ashapurna Devi. After him are Roberto Arlt, Émile Faguet, Victor Segalen, Lucius Varius Rufus, Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, and Charles Pinot Duclos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1435, Konstantin Mihailović ranks 13Before him are Jacob Sprenger, Michael Pacher, Ashikaga Yoshimasa, Johannes Tinctoris, Pietro Lombardo, and Sittişah Hatun. After him are Giovanni Santi, and Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby. Among people deceased in 1501, Konstantin Mihailović ranks 11Before him are Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria, Mesih Pasha, Constantine Lascaris, Pero Escobar, Margaret of Bavaria, Electress Palatine, and Margaret of Thuringia.

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