Sabbatai had gone to Constantinople at the…

Sabbatai had gone to Constantinople at the beginning of 1666, and had been imprisoned on his arrival.

After a few months, he had been transferred to the castle at Abydos, which becomes known to his followers as Migdal Oz, the Tower of Strength.

Sabbatai is in September, however, brought before the sultan in Adrianople and, having been previously threatened with torture, becomes converted to Islam after denying he ever made messianic claims.

The placated sultan renames him Mehmed Efendi, appoints him his personal doorkeeper, and provides him with a generous allowance.