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					Originally Posted by Oliver Pinchot  In the case of this sword, the question is moot.The inscription reads Mash'Allah, meaning God has willed it,
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 Thanks for the clarification, I’ve seen it mentioned by collectors that Ottomans and Indians imitated asadullah cartouches on blades they forged themselves, should this be discounted as fiction? I know at least Afghans imitated these marking on Afghan blades, but I was wondering if this was also practiced among Ottomans and Indians.