An owner's inscription:
sahib mehmed ağa
tawakkaltu 'ala allah 1243
"The owner Mehmed Ağa.
I put my trust in God. 1243 (1827-8)"
Verses in cartouches
On the left, Arabic verses:
يا خفي الالطاف
نجنا مما نخاف
ya khafi al-altaf
najina mimma nakhaf
On the right, Turkish verses:
Adem geldi kadem basdı cihana
Ecel geldi bıçak ucu (?) bahane
"Mankind comes and places his foot in this world,
The tip (?) of a knife can be the excuse for his departure"
The Turkish verses are a variation on an inscription that you see on tombstones, but with what looks like 'the tip of a knife' substituted by 'a headache'! The word that I've read as 'tip' is not very clearly written, it might be something else. I've never seen this inscription on a yataghan before, thanks for sharing.
Last edited by kwiatek; 5th May 2021 at 02:08 PM.
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