
Enrica Medugno
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The inscription refers to brotherhood and respect to His Excellency al-Sayyid Karim al-Din, the deputy Chief of Police of Hyderabad of the Deccan, a member of the committee of the charitable institution of the Sanctuary in Hyderabad.
Reference is made to an 'imaret, which in the Ottoman Empire was a charitable institution, often containing a soup kitchen for the poor. This is very probably the one attached to the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem.