Meaning of استانبول | Babel Free

Definitions

Istanbul (a major city and province of Turkey)

Examples

“و آنجا یعنی بر آن مناره آیینهای حراقه ساخته بودند که هر کشتی رومیان که از استانبول میآمدی چون به مقابله آن رسیدی آتشی از آن آینه افتادی و بسوختی.”

And there, that is to say on that lighthouse, a Mirror of Fireships had been constructed so that any Roman [Byzantine] ship which came from Constantinople would catch fire from that mirror when it passed in front of it and be burnt.

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