>arabs will defend THIS
this is ottoman tugra you idiot
>>51160274
what's not to defend?
Can you even read this ?
>>51163022
Mahmuh, Han and bin is clear. Others are not so much, especially not daima.
>>51160274
what do the grey lines represent?
>>51163294
jews
>>51163294
Probably when you're supposed to take a breath
>>51163022
No its hard only guys who are pretty good in calligraphy can read all of it i can identify some words and letters tho
>>51163241
>>51163404
Thanks senpaitachi
>>51163241
Do you learn arabic in turkey ?
>>51163558
No :D
>>51160274
Wait, so what are the grey charcaters? Just random scribbles?
>>51163022
Can't you?
>>51164087
:^)
>>51163241
Here we go. I've studied Persian a little, including handwritten nasta'liq, so here are my guesses.
Nasta'liq is characterized by its very space-efficiency (i.e. letters are crammed in fancy way so volumous phrases occupy little space). In thugra they also omit dots in letters like ف or ظ
Ottoman Turkish was heavenly influenced by Arabic:
عبد الحميد Abdülhamid literally means "slave of Hamid" (in Arabic it's pronounced 'abdul-hamid)
مظفر muzaffer means "victorious"
and دائماً da'iman means "forever".
But I just have no clue how to decipher the last word by letter.
>>51165294
>by its space-efficiency
>in a fancy way
I hope the picture isn't too busy with colors.
>>51165294
>heavily
>tughra
Shit.
>>51163558
no
>>51165294
I know what it means, I just can't tell the letters apart when it is written fancy like this.
how are you btw ilyas
>>51166922
So-so.
I feel joyless.
>>51166922
Oh, and I know what you know, just wanted to enlighten others.
