I-Istanbul (iConstantinople) yathunjwa nini ama - Ottoman?
Context:Ukuwa kweConstantinople, okwaziwa nangokuthi ukunqotshwa kweConstantinople, kwakuwukuthunjwa kwenhloko-dolobha yoMbuso WaseByzantium ngoMbuso Wase-Ottoman. Idolobha lathunjwa ngomhlaka 29 Meyi 1453 njengengxenye yomvuthwandaba wokuvinjezelwa kwezinsuku ezingama-53 okwaqala ngomhlaka 6 Ephreli.  Ibutho lase-Ottoman elalihlasela, elaliningi kakhulu kunabameleli beConstantinople, laliholwa uSultan Mehmed II owayeneminyaka engu-21 (kamuva owathola igama elithi "uMnqobi"), kuyilapho ibutho laseByzantium laliholwa uMbusi uConstantine XI Palaiologos. Ngemva kokunqoba leli dolobha, uMehmed II wenza iConstantinople yaba inhloko - dolobha entsha yama - Ottoman, esikhundleni se - Adrianople.
U-Ali Malekshahi