Ιnscription in Arab in Acropolis
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Topic: Ιnscription in Arab in Acropolis
Posted By: Antioxos
Subject: Ιnscription in Arab in Acropolis
Date Posted: 03-Feb-2007 at 09:22
 When i did my walk in Acropolis i found behind Erehthion this inscription in Arab letters.This inscription was down near to some stairs. Can somebody who knows Arab inform us what is telling about this epigraph? |
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Posted By: Zagros
Date Posted: 03-Feb-2007 at 09:42
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OK. I think it is in Turkish.
goes like this, the first line:
Seen (or sheen) kaanaan (or kaanaal), the the necxt letter is an h and I can't make out the rest.
Second line I can only make out one word and i am not sure if it is right. Al qen or alqan.
Maybe others can have more luck! ------------- |
Posted By: azimuth
Date Posted: 03-Feb-2007 at 10:15
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hmmm not Arabic langugae
the first word in the first line is "Husain" which is a name then " kulnarhan.." which i dont know what it means
the second line isnt clear except a world like "alqadrah" which means power or ability.
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Posted By: Zagros
Date Posted: 03-Feb-2007 at 10:40
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Are you sure it is Hossein? I only see seyn/seen - the second word is definitely Kulnarhen, you're right. Third word looks to start with "taashaa". ------------- |
Posted By: azimuth
Date Posted: 03-Feb-2007 at 10:46
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i think so, there is H before Seen.
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Posted By: Top Gun
Date Posted: 03-Feb-2007 at 11:38
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they used the Acropolis once as a gunpowder storage ------------- |
Posted By: Cyrus Shahmiri
Date Posted: 03-Feb-2007 at 12:57
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I think the second line is the title of a king, I can see "Rafi' Ul-Qadr" which means "High Rank". ------------- 
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Posted By: DayI
Date Posted: 03-Feb-2007 at 13:02
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so what does it mean?
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Posted By: azimuth
Date Posted: 03-Feb-2007 at 13:12
oh yes Rafi al qadr wa alm.. ( must be maqam)
so it must be someone called Husain in the first line and his title in the second line
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Posted By: Zagros
Date Posted: 03-Feb-2007 at 13:27
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So...
Hussein Kulnarhan Tashani Rafi al qadr wa alm ??? ------------- |
Posted By: azimuth
Date Posted: 03-Feb-2007 at 14:19
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the picture doesnt cover the whole sentence thats why it doesnt make much sense.
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Posted By: Antioxos
Date Posted: 03-Feb-2007 at 15:10
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http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=917953954972957945026xy3.jpg - http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=917953954972957945026xy3.jpg ] Well guys this the original photo the previous one was cut off to become less than 50 kb and with Azimuth help i upload the photo to image shack. |
Posted By: Antioxos
Date Posted: 03-Feb-2007 at 15:33
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http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/1391/akrop070106025qs5.jpg - http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/1391/akrop070106025qs5.jpg http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=akrop070106021kd9.jpg - http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=akrop070106021kd9.jpg two more photo from other angle |
Posted By: azimuth
Date Posted: 04-Feb-2007 at 05:57
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thanks antioxos but its hard to figure out what it says, i can see letters and some words but cant make a sentence really, if it was in arabic language i may figure out the sentence from some words but this seem turkish. so far first line "bkhtiar tahseen klnarhy.. ash." looks like a name. second line " taala bubanader rafee alqadr wa alm.." again a name and title.-------------
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Posted By: akritas
Date Posted: 04-Feb-2007 at 07:00
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Also I beleive that is Turkish text with Arabic letters.We must not forget that during Ottoman era Acropolis and specially Parthenon was transformed in Muslim mosque.
Antiohos amazing picture!!!! ------------- 
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