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What are Istanbul and Constantinople?

ما إسطنبول والقسطنطينية؟

Istanbul is Constantinople before its conquest. Mehmed II conquered it in 1453, and it served as the Ottoman capital for five centuries. It is home to Hagia Sophia, the Süleymaniye and Topkapı.

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Istanbul was Constantinople before the conquest. Mehmed II conquered it in 1453, and it was the capital of the Ottomans for five centuries. It holds Hagia Sophia, the Suleymaniye and Topkapi palace. 1

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas· Orientalism· Stopping the genealogy at Ma'add· Ibn Khaldun completes the Muqaddima· Abd al-Jabbar al-Jumurd· Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti· Abd al-Rahman Badawi· Abu al-Arab al-Tamimi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad

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Disputing the count of raids and sariyas

The maghazi arithmetic disputes: Ibn Ishaq's twenty-six raids versus the twenty-seven that split Wadi'l-Qura from Khaybar; nine pitched battles common to both lists with al-Waqidi adding Wadi'l-Qura and al-Ghaba for eleven; and the sariya counts ranging from thirty-five to al-Waqidi's forty-eight (in al-Tabari's chain) to sixty-six.