New Balkan Yataghan - need translation help!
 

K Pasta, Dudes and Dudettes?

Just got this Balkan yataghan from Oriental-Arms. The hilt is silver and the scabbard is white metal. The blade has a maker's mark and some silver and gold koftgari script. What does that script say?

Thanks

the scrip "could" said ;

made by Mohamed Aghra owner (? friend) Malek Ahmed Aghra

I wrote "could" because the word "saheb" could be translated as well as "friend" or "owner"

nice yatagan, bravo

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Dom

Many thanks Dom.

!Wow! What a great piece, Battara. I love yataghans. I even use it´s name as a nick on some forums. My deep congratulations, and I prey you will post a good dozen pictures of it, at least. Do I see some drawing under the decorated part of the blade?
Regards

Gonzalo

Battara

That is a super sweet sword :)

Congrats

Lew

In the hope that Dom does not get annoyed with me, I want to add a few things to translation as a Turkish speaker.

The inscription is:

Amel-i Muhammed Ağa sahib ü malik Ahmed Ağa 1211

Work of Muhammed Agha, Owner Ahmed Agha H. 1211 (1796/97 AD)

:D Zifir :D

it's a REAL pleasure when you feel that you'r not alone to get headache,
and some one is backing you :p

I'M SERIOUS,
no competition between us,
just complementarity for the benefit of our fraternity
at least, it is like that I understand my action here

but definitively,
I'm a damned stupid to have forget to translate the easiest part :o

thanks to have corrected that mess, because,
datation is too rare, and too much important .. :D

all the best

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Dom
(who will be in a 3 weeks time in Istanbul ..
Inch'Allah for a week,
and Damascus 2 weeks before)

Nice Battara!! I know this has been on the ole want list for a long time...now I know mine is a little safer!!

Simply marvelous, Battara! I second Gonzalo's motion about posting plenty of pictures here once it arrives.
Regards,
Teodor