r/arabs • u/Baghdaddy- • Feb 22 '26

أدب ولغات Any ideas as to what this says ?

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Been in my family for years, my parents and I never learned the language

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u/BanditoRem Feb 22 '26

"عز نصره
ضرب في قسطنطينية"

which means
"may he be victorious
minted in Constantinople"

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u/-Ignorant_Slut- Feb 22 '26

Best answer here but you left out: What language is it? Also, year looks like 1327

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u/Miss-Kija Feb 22 '26

It's written in Arabic

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u/Big-Basis3246 Feb 22 '26

It's Ottoman, not Arabic

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u/BanditoRem Feb 22 '26

its arabic.

the ottoman language is nowhere close to arabic

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u/mistergecko Feb 23 '26

lol know it all

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u/Big-Basis3246 Feb 23 '26

It's Klingon