elreyrico - 3-7-2024 at 04:03 AM
Hi
Can anyone translate it?
Regards
OudAvi - 3-7-2024 at 11:53 PM
The script is Arabic script so I can make out the pronunciation and the language is Ottoman Turkish, so whilst I cannot translate everything there are
a lot of loanwords between Ottoman Turkish and Arabic so I'll be able to give you some basic indications:
The top says something about musical instruments (probably indicating the function of his workshop of selling and maintaining instruments)
The name of the maker in the middle and enlarged: Kroger Keheya (although the spelling must be drastically different in modern Turkish)
And below is an address: Istanbul - followed by more specifics, I was able to make out: Murjan Bogoshdah.
elreyrico - 3-18-2024 at 09:23 AM
Thanks very much
al-Halabi - 3-18-2024 at 02:18 PM
The luthier is Kregor Kahya
the shop's address is Mercan Yokushu (coral slope) in the Eminönü district of Istanbul
the date is not visible
elreyrico - 3-20-2024 at 08:41 AM
Thanks for your help.
Cengiz Sarikus told me that the oud is from Armenian luthier from Istanbul Krikor kahyayan (1875-1933).