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Rafal T. Prinke
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There is an important text by (pseudo-) Avicenna "Epistola ad Hasen regem". What would be the addressee's name in nominativus? The Arabic name is Abu al-Hasan Sahl -- so maybe "Hasen rex" is the nominativus form?

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Yes, I think it would be indeclinable. See here:

http://tinyurl.com/pos39nq

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>>Yes, I think it would be indeclinable<<

Thanks Paul. It does seem so.