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 "label": {
  "ar": "الاحتلال الروسي لأدرنة ⁦(١٨٧٨)⁩",
  "en": "Russian occupation of Edirne (1878)",
  "ur": "ادرنہ پر روسی قبضہ ⁦(1878ء)⁩"
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 "summary": {
  "ar": "سبب احتلال الروس لأدرنة في الأعوام 1878-1879م مزيداً من الدمار للمدينة؛ فقد جرّد الروس أثناء احتلالهم جامع يلدريم من خزفه وحلقتيه الرخاميتين، وأخذوا زخارف جامع السليمية {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}.",
  "en": "The Russian occupation of Edirne in 1878-9 caused further devastation to the city: during their occupation the Russians stripped the Yıldırım mosque of its tiles and the two linked marble rings that gave it the name Küpeli Cami, and took away the tiles of the Selimiye's royal gallery {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}.",
  "ur": "1878-79ء میں ادرنہ کا روسی قبضہ شہر کے لیے مزید تباہی کا سبب بنا؛ قبضے کے دوران روسیوں نے یلدرم مسجد کی کاشی کاری اور سنگِ مرمر کی دو جوڑی حلقیاں اتار لیں اور سلیمیہ کی شاہی مقصورہ کی کاشی کاری بھی لے گئے {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}۔"
 },
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  "latest": 1879.9995208662422
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   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "الاحتلال الروسي 1878-1879م {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 pp. 711-712}؛ الهجري مشتق."
  },
  "end": {
   "edtf": "1879",
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   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true
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    "edtf": "1878",
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    "derived": true,
    "note": "الاحتلال الروسي 1878-1879م {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 pp. 711-712}؛ الهجري مشتق."
   },
   "end": {
    "edtf": "1879",
    "precision": "year",
    "status": "tradition",
    "derived": true
   }
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   {
    "label": {
     "ar": "الجيش الروسي",
     "en": "The Russian army"
    }
   },
   {
    "label": {
     "ar": "الجيش العثماني",
     "en": "The Ottoman army"
    }
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      "ar": "الاحتلال الروسي لأدرنة ⁦(١٨٧٨)⁩",
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "Encyclopaedia of Islam 2, vol. 2 EDIRNE, PDF pp. 711-712 (harvest OCR)",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "احتل الروس أدرنة في الأعوام 1878-1879م فسبّب احتلالهم مزيداً من الدمار للمدينة {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 711}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "عام الخزف المنهوب",
     "markdown": "جرّد الروس أثناء احتلالهم جامع يلدريم من خزفه وحلقتيه الرخاميتين التي سُمّي بسببهما «كوپلي جامع»، وأخذوا خزف مقصورة السلطان في جامع السليمية {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}."
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    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "The Russian occupation of Edirne in 1878-9 brought further devastation to the city {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 711}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "The year the tiles were looted",
     "markdown": "During the occupation the Russians stripped the Yıldırım mosque of its tiles and the two linked marble rings that had earned it the name Küpeli Cami, and took the tiles of the Selimiye's royal gallery {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}."
    }
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   },
   "updated": "2026-11-01"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "روسیوں نے 1878-79ء میں ادرنہ پر قبضہ کیا جس سے شہر کو مزید تباہی پہنچی {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 711}۔"
    },
    {
     "heading": "لوٹی گئی کاشی کاری کا سال",
     "markdown": "قبضے کے دوران روسیوں نے یلدرم مسجد کی کاشی کاری اور اس کے دو سنگِ مرمر کے جوڑے حلقے اتار لیے جن کی وجہ سے اسے کوپلی جامع کہا جاتا تھا، اور سلیمیہ کی شاہی مقصورہ کی کاشی کاری بھی لے گئے {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 2 p. 712}۔"
    }
   ],
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     "Devin (SWE-2 Medium), draft translation"
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  "building/eski-mosque-edirne",
  "building/uc-serefeli-mosque",
  "event/31-march-incident-1909",
  "event/battle-of-adrianople-1829",
  "event/battle-of-doboj-1878",
  "event/battle-of-domokos-1897",
  "event/battle-of-dunis-1876",
  "event/battle-of-erzurum-1877"
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