For 900 years, Muslim caliphs and sultans took it upon themselves to fulfil the Prophet Mohammed’s prophecy that a great conqueror would one day bring the holy city of Constantinople into Islam’s embrace.
from Pocket https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/30/ayasofya-the-mosque-turned-museum-at-the-heart-of-an-ideological-battle
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