While I would defer to any observations made by Ariel, who has outstanding knowledge on Caucasian arms, I have learned a good deal as far as working familiarity, especially from Kirill Rivkin's "Arms and Armor in the Caucusus".
I agree with Kubur in that the general status of this hilt and the notably poor application of decoration does resemble the kind of field work done by Bedouin in Arabian regions. They favored Ottoman styled hilts, and often used blades acquired from the Caucusus.
This blade I think may be Russian, and the 'damascus' blade may well be the Russian bulat. The fullering is similar to other Russian blades I have seen on Georgian swords. The script is I believe Georgian.
The blade is OUTSTANDING!!!
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