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Professor of Medieval History at the University of Sarajevo https://t.co/blqQ2HdOWT Web of Science ResearcherID: AAP-8600-2020
Nov 1, 2022 5 tweets 3 min read
In the Dominican convent in La Valletta there is an Arabic version of the Bible (published by the Sacra Congregatio de Propaganda Fide), which was once owned by a certain Fr. Dominic, also known as Osman. It is claimed that he was the firstborn son of Sultan Ibrahim (r. 1640-48). The inscriptions on the books read: “Ex Libris fratris Dominici a S. Thoma Othomano, ordinis Predicatorum. Est Conventus S. Mariae Portus Salutis Ordinis Praedicatorum.”