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Old 27th August 2011, 06:58 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by AJ1356
The bad thing is that the Turks moved from Arabic alphabet to Latin. And most probably can't read Ottoman texts. That leave reading these specially here to a few Arabs and a Persian speaker (me).
Actually, we have a gentleman by the nickname of Zifir from Istanbul, who has been very kind to translate many inscriptions on yataghans and other Ottoman blades in the past. Hopefully, he will also see the thread and respond.
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Teodor
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