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Hayfa Tren İstasyonu’nda bulunan Sütun-i Ali üzerinde Hicaz Demiryolu’nu temsil eden logo, 1998
The logo representing Hejaz Railway on the Sutun-i Ali in Haifa Train Station, 1998
Hayfa Tren İstasyonu’nda inşa edilen Sütun-i Ali, 1905
Sutun-i Ali (Great Column) monument in Haifa Train Station, 1905
SÜTUN-İ ALİ ÜZERİNDEKİ METİN
“Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,
Peygamberin Halifesi ve Mü’minlerin Emiri, İki Kıt’anın Sultanı ve İki Okyanusun Hanı, Sultanlar Sultanı, Büyük Fatih Sultan Abdülmecid’in oğlu
Abdülhamid Han –Allah O’nun saltanatını korusun ve ömrünü uzun etsin– Şam’dan başlayan bir demiryolu inşaasını emretti ki böylece
Muhammed Ümmeti, Allah’ın Evini ve Ravza-i Mutahhara’yı ziyaret edebilsinler.
Ve yine Hayfa’dan Hamidiye Hicaz Hattı’na birleştirilmek üzere bir hattın döşenmesini emretti. Böylece Hacc farizasını yerine getirecek ve
Ravza-i Mutahhara’yı ziyaret edecek her müslüman ellerini semaya açarak, Sultanın büyük hilafeti için Allah’a dua etsin, 1319 (1905 Miladi)
THE TEXT ON THE “SÜTUN-I ALİ” MONUMENT
“In the name of God the Compassionate and Merciful, praise be to God alone and prayer and peace be to the last of the prophets.
“Our lord and master the Amir of the believers and the Khalif of the Prophet, the Sultan of the two lands and the Khakan of the two seas, the
Sultan son of a Sultan, the conqueror, Abdul Hamid Khan son of the Sultan, the conqueror, Abdul Magid Khan (may God support his kingdom
and lengthen his life and days) has commanded the construction of a railway line to Damascus to facilitate to the nation of Mohammed the
pilgrimage to the house of God and the visit to the garden (grave) of the messenger of God (prophet). The Sultan then gave his grand
command (may God lengthen his rule) that a railway line should be laid from Haifa to connect with the Hamidiyya Hejaz line. Therefore it is
the duty of every Moslem who made his pilgrimage to the house of God and availed himself of the visit to the grave of the Prophet to pray to
God to support the Sultan’s Grand Khalifate and to raise his high hand over the heads of the people. Inscribed in 1319 (1905 A.D.)
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