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29th March 2019, 04:44 PM
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Translation please on a Balkan yataghan Sword
I would greatly appreciate if someone could translate the inscriptions on this sword.
Thank you, Steve |
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20th October 2019, 03:46 PM
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Inscription 1
In Turkish:
‘amel el-hacc ahmed sahib mustafa sene 1281 ya muhammad kıl şefa’at 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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20th October 2019, 03:57 PM
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Inscription part 2
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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