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<p>[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 8789452, member: 31"]I've had this postcard for a while. I just came across it again and remembered I'd never figured out what it says.</p><p><br /></p><p>The stamp is from 1917, eleven years before the Arabic script was replaced by the Latin script for written Turkish. Apparently, Ottoman Turkish is a mix of Arabic and Persian. </p><p>I tried taking a photo of the message and running it through the Arabic translator on Google but the translator came up with nonsense, and also kept changing the translation every few seconds.</p><p><br /></p><p>The postcard probably isn't that interesting, but you never know, considering the era in which it was written.</p><p><br /></p><p>Can anyone help?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]429250[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]429251[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]429252[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]429253[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bookahtoo, post: 8789452, member: 31"]I've had this postcard for a while. I just came across it again and remembered I'd never figured out what it says. The stamp is from 1917, eleven years before the Arabic script was replaced by the Latin script for written Turkish. Apparently, Ottoman Turkish is a mix of Arabic and Persian. I tried taking a photo of the message and running it through the Arabic translator on Google but the translator came up with nonsense, and also kept changing the translation every few seconds. The postcard probably isn't that interesting, but you never know, considering the era in which it was written. Can anyone help? [ATTACH=full]429250[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429251[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429252[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]429253[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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