Mesih and his elder brother, Hass Murad, were captured during the fall of Constantinople and raised as pages under the auspices of Mehmed II. Mesih was approximately ten years old at the time he was taken into palace service.
Mesih and his elder brother, Hass Murad, were sons of a brother of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the last Byzantine emperor. They were captured during the fall of Constantinople and raised as pages under the auspices of Mehmed II. Mesih was approximately ten years old at the time he was taken into palace service.