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How many have found interesting or valuable items in the butt of a shotgun. While working on a double 16 recently i removed the buttplate to get at the stock bolt. The hole was plugged up with what appeared to be foil. Upon removing the it i found wrapped in the foil a small book about 3/4x5/8x3/8 inches. I have been unable to find anyone who has seen anything like it. Thought i would ask the more worldly traveled on this sight.
Regards Rich
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Looks like Arabic to me. Prayer book? Poetry?...Geo

Raimey will know!

I've heard of people finding old hunting licenses,duck stamps even money on occasion under butt plates but I've never has this happen. A book,even a small one,is new to me.
Jim

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Philbert:

I really appreciate the confidence, but Arabic & Turkish is a bit out of my league. I attended engineering school with quite a few Arabs and Indians but didn't really pick up on the right to left writing and reading language. But with that said it looks as if it's a text for Turkish men on the subject of art, more than likely skin art. Maybe Dr. Hause can pic some of the Damascus art out of the Arabic. The lower portion of the 1st pic post in Turkish is what looks to be the bookstore or printer's telephone? Give him a bell!!

Kind Regards,

Raimey
rse

I think its an abridged mini edition of the Koran issued to soldiers.

Beyazit Square is a large area in front of a big mosque in Old Istanbul, Turkey. Adjoining it is the Beyazit Sahaflar Bazaar, famous for booksellers. Google these names and you should get info.
I do not read Arabic so cannot help on the text; you could have anything from a poem to an excerpt from the Koran. Miniature books are collectors items.
Rs
K.

Aha!! So this is some kind of Arabic "Girlie Magazine" for a follower of Islam to contemplate while waiting for a flock of infidel ducks to passover* his blind!!
*I guess I better tread lightly on the "passover" angle here.
Jim

Hello,

"Turkmen Kitabevi" is Turkmen Bookstore and the rest is obviously the store's
address and tel. number.

Here is an interesting web page to see Store .
There is an e-mail link "e-posta", maybe they can help.

No idea whatsoever as to what the little book is about.

JC