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Hisar

حصار

City (Wikidata Q1772825).

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Region
Persia & Central Asia
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Home of
Baltaoglu· Harim ibn Hayyan al-Abdi· Iftikhar al-Dawla
Birthplace of
Israr Ahmed
Place of death of
Khalifa ibn Ruqasa

People and things also explored

Conquest of Constantinople in 857 AH· Conquest of Jur· The Joint Conquests of Fars· Lahore· Kitab al-Zuhd of Ahmad ibn Hanbal· Al-Qarib (The Boat): lessons on faith and piety· Baltaoglu· Harim ibn Hayyan al-Abdi

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Conquest of Constantinople in 857 AH

Mehmed Fatih took Constantinople the Great after the severest fifty-day siege — his ships running over land — opening Istanbul on Wednesday 20 Jumada II 857 and praying the Friday prayer in Hagia Sophia, the dome that 'rivals the sky's dome and emulates the pyramids in strength'. The Encyclopaedia of Islam adds that Mehmed II's troops entered through the breach in the walls at dawn on 20 Jumada I 857/29 May 1453 and the fighting ended towards mid-afternoon; the sultan then declared Hagia Sophia the Great Mosque and Istanbul his capital, after earlier Umayyad expeditions against the city.