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  "ar": "التماس ملك الروم منديل الرها",
  "en": "The Byzantine King's Request for the Mandylion of Edessa"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "في سنة إحدى وثلاثين وثلاثمائة ورد كتاب من ملك الروم يلتمس منديلًا كان للمسيح مسح به وجهه فصارت صورة وجهه فيه، وذلك المنديل في بيعة الرها، ووعد إن أُنفذ إليه أن يطلق أسرى المسلمين {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 623}.",
  "en": "In 331 a letter came from the Byzantine king seeking the kerchief on which — the account runs — Christ had wiped his face, leaving its image, kept in the church of Edessa; he promised Muslim captives' release if it were sent {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 623}."
 },
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   "hijri": "0331",
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   "note": "٣٣١؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 623}."
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   "edtf": "0942~",
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   "note": "٣٣١؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 623}."
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    "note": "٣٣١؛ التحويل مشتق {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 623}."
   }
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "المنتظم لابن الجوزي (ط حيدرآباد 1357، ج7، سنة 331)، قراءة آبل فيجن",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 Medium) from Apple Vision OCR",
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 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "نظرة عامة",
     "markdown": "في سنة 331هـ ورد كتاب من ملك الروم يلتمس منديلًا كان للمسيح مسح به وجهه فصارت صورة وجهه فيه — وذلك المنديل في بيعة الرها — ووعد إن أُنفذ إليه أن يطلق أسرى المسلمين {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 623}."
    }
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   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/mandylion-request-331",
    "lang": "ar"
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   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  },
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "In 331 a letter came from the king of the Byzantines seeking the kerchief on which — as the account runs — Christ had wiped his face so that his image was fixed in it, that kerchief being in the church of Edessa; and he promised, if it were sent to him, to release the Muslim captives {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 623}."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "event/mandylion-request-331",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "ai"
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   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "جائزہ",
     "markdown": "سن 331ھ میں روم کے بادشاہ کا خط آیا جس میں مندیل کی درخواست تھی — روایت کے مطابق مسیح نے اس سے اپنا چہرہ پونچھا تھا جس میں اس کی تصویر جما گئی، اور وہ مندیل الرہا کی بيعہ میں تھا — اور اس نے وعدہ کیا کہ اگر بھیجا جائے تو مسلم قیدی رہا کرے گا {cite:muntazam-ibn-al-jawzi p. 623}۔"
    }
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   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  }
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  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}