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St. Catherine's Monastery, Saint Catherine's Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. December 2001.

Ottoman Documents

The Arabs who conquered the Sinai Peninsula in the seventh century treated the Monastery of Sinai favorably, mainly thanks to the “Adhname”, namely the decree granting the Monastery certain rights and privileges, issued by Mohamed, Prophet and founder of Islam

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Ottoman Documents Modern History

The Monastery of Sinai and the Bedouin The relationship between the monastery and six large …

Ottoman Documents Ecclesiastical Metalwork, Miniature, Printed Icons

What is a Palimpsest? Uncovering hidden texts in reused centuries-old manuscripts

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Ottoman Documents

Berat of Sultan Mahmud I A berat or nesan (“edict” or privilege title) issued for the Monastery …

Ottoman Documents

Ewer (aquamanile) Despite theological objections, animals constituted a major part of Islamic art iconography; …

Ottoman Documents

Copy of the translation from Arabic in Turkish of the Αhdname that … The monks of Mount Sinai Monastery requested a copy of the “decree” …

Ottoman Documents

Copy of Ahdname that Mohamed, Prophet of Islam, granted to the monks … This is a copy of the decree (Ahdname) that Mohamed, Prophet of …

St. Catherine's Monastery

At God-trodden Mount Sinai

The Greek Orthodox monastery where God appeared to Moses in the Burning Bush. The oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery with a history that can be traced back over seventeen centuries.

Saint Catherine, South Sinai Governorate

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