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Old 12th November 2008, 11:58 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Dom
no answering from Zifir, but in view and based on his help
and after consultation of my translator
I allow myself to confirm, and supplement the question
- the missing part (???) is well "İskender"
- Christian name, which is interesting

and, the complet sentence is
amel-i İskender ; done (made) by Alexander
no more, no less

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In Ottoman period as well as in today's Turkey, many Muslims also use/d this name probably due to the fame of Alexander in Islamic culture (the story of Zulkareyn in Quran, and the argument that Zulkareyn, in fact, was Alexander)
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