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					Originally Posted by  ariel
					 
				 
				It is a Khandjar ,  Persian or North Indian.   
 
I have no objective reason to believe that the date is spurious. 
			
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 I agree with Ariel about Iran, or Indo Persian, but the cooper /gold inlay of the inscription and the scabbard tip are similar to Iranian khanjar from 1900.
So for me, the inscription is ??? spurious...