I found this arabic inscription on a water fountain in occupied Nicosia, near the Armenian monastery. I tried google lens but it doesn’t detect it. Does anyone know when was it built or what it might say?
I found this arabic inscription on a water fountain in occupied Nicosia, near the Armenian monastery. I tried google lens but it doesn’t detect it. Does anyone know when was it built or what it might say?
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it could be ottoman Turkish or Cufic Arabic considering it was near a monastery it could be a prayer as ottomans had a thing for converting churches to mosques
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Arabic 💀, thats what skipping ottoman period in history class does to you xd. It is in Sülüs writing style
The first one in the middle is a Quranic verse ”And we made every living thing from water”.
But he rest is I’m guessing Ottoman Turkish because I can’t read it at all.
Edit: I’m Lebanese, Arabic is my first language.
But i thought Cyprus was Greek throughout history…
İt’s a ottoman Turkish actually and when Ottoman Empire in there build a water fountain 1572-1800 like between these years ❤️❤️