Истории, разказани в белите полета „Книга систима или состояние мухаммеданския религии...“ в Националната библиотека „Св. св. Кирил и Методий“
Stories told in the page margins Kniga sistima ili sostoyaniye muhammedanskiya religii... in “St. St. Cyril and Methodius” National Library

Summary/Abstract: The article presents a copy of Kniga sistima ili sostoyaniye muhammedanskiya religii... by Dimitrie Cantemir, stored in “St St Cyril and Methodius” National Library. Despite the fact that this is a less known work of the author, the book is a valuable historical essay of one of the first Islamic scholars. A note in the margins of the book testifies to the connections between the aristocratic families of Moldavia and Wallachia, Cantemir and Cantacuzino. It gives us an opportunity to go back 300 years and to recall the curious story of their lives and relations.

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