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Orban

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First appears in Book 3: Death's End, chapter 2 (May 1453, C.E. The Death of the Magician)

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B1

B2

B3

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Book 3: Death's End

Ch 2Orban is the engineer who designed the monstrous Ottoman bombards, which fire twelve-hundred-pound stone balls every three hours.
Ch 2Orban, a Hungarian engineer, offered giant cannons to Constantine first, but the emperor could not pay, so he went to Mehmed II and bombarded the city.

Connections

member ofOttomans
ally ofMehmed II

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