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Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: NC
Posts: 12
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I would greatly appreciate if someone could translate the inscriptions on this sword.
Thank you, Steve |
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Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 156
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In Turkish:
amel el-hacc ahmed sahib mustafa sene 1281 ya muhammad kıl şefaat ümmetindir ahmed Work of El-Hacc Ahmed, owner Mustafa. Year 1281 (1864-65). Intercede, O Muhammad, for the sake of Ahmed, who is from your community. |
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Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 156
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A Turkish couplet:
ey gönül bir can içün her cana minnet eyleme işret-i dünya içün sultana minnet eyleme O heart, for the sake of one (i.e your own) life do not plead with every soul, For the pleasures of this world do not plead with a sultan. |
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