Help with translation of the Ottoman yatagan, 18th century.

[OsobistGB]

Hello!
Dear friends , please help with translation!

[OsobistGB]

[JBG163]

Can only help you with the date "1218" => 1803

[OsobistGB]

With the help of a friend, the text was read .Year 1218 (Circa 1803). Made by Hajji (pilgrim) Nouh, owner Halil Ağa.
Ağa is a military rank which has no equvelance in today's miltary and it is between a captain and a major.
Ağa usullay cammanded 1000 jennissaries.
The rest are the names of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus

[gp]

Additional:

Aga or Agha was also a honorific title or name given to respected men, who were not to be addressed with Beg / Bey or Effendi for one reason or another in the Ottoman Empire.
So not always a reference to a military rank or position of the owner

[OsobistGB]

Originally Posted by gp

Additional:

Aga or Agha was also a honorific title or name given to respected men, who were not to be addressed with Beg / Bey or Effendi for one reason or another in the Ottoman Empire.
So not always a reference to a military rank or position of the owner

Besides the inscription, there are many other reasons to believe that the yatagan belonged to a Janissar

In a literal translation, it can also be translated as older brother