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she was the Byzantine capital a thousand years
Baghdad is another city in Iraq
Jerusalem is in Palestine, not Anatolia
Cordoba is in al-Andalus
the sources date Constantinople''s fall to 1453
that is Acre''s fall, not Istanbul
that is Egypt''s taking, not Istanbul
the Ottomans took her in 1453
the sources record her becoming a mosque on conquest day
Hagia Sophia remained a mosque, not demolished
the sources have the Conqueror make her a mosque
she stood centuries before the conquest
the sources credit both to Sinan
Abd al-Malik was eight centuries earlier
Shah Jahan was in India, not Istanbul
Saladin was three centuries earlier
from 1453 to the caliphate''s end, four centuries
fifty is far short of her rule
a thousand years was the Byzantine span, not Ottoman
ten is one short sultan''s span
the city stands on both sides of the strait
the Bosphorus is in Turkey, not Egypt
the Bosphorus is a strait, not a lake
the Bosphorus is in Istanbul, not al-Andalus
she joined Byzantine and Ottoman in one city
many older cities predate her
she is one of history''s many capitals
Istanbul is coastal on the sea
Evliya Celebi''s and travellers'' accounts reach us
Ottomans, Europeans and Arabs wrote of her
Istanbul is among the most-documented cities
the Mughals wrote of India, not Istanbul
she wove the three ages into her fabric
the Fatimids never ruled her
the Mughal era is in India, not Istanbul
Istanbul gathered ages of history
the sources place her Ottoman peak in his reign
Abd al-Malik was Umayyad, centuries earlier
Harun was in Baghdad, not Istanbul
Mansa Musa was in Mali, not Istanbul
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