CAUCASIAN DAGGER FOR COMMENT AND TRANSLATION

ariel · 28th December 2012, 02:02 AM

It is certainly not Caucasian. Persian would be my guess. 19th century or later.

Although the "Ali-zulfikar" sentence is spread across Islamic cultures, it is most often associated with the Shia branch.

Dom · 28th December 2012, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ariel

It is certainly not Caucasian. Persian would be my guess. 19th century or later.

Although the "Ali-zulfikar" sentence is spread across Islamic cultures, it is most often associated with the Shia branch.

as soon as you have a reference to "Ali",
you may guess that, it's belong Shia group or branch

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Dom

ilias · 28th December 2012, 10:24 AM

Ariel and Dom thanks for the comments.
Dom you was really quick with the translation this time.Thanks a lot
It is pitty that the name is incomplete!

28th December 2012, 02:02 AM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	It is certainly not Caucasian. Persian would be my guess. 19th century or later. Although the "Ali-zulfikar" sentence is spread across Islamic cultures, it is most often associated with the Shia branch.

28th December 2012, 10:24 AM	#3
ilias Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: GREECE Posts: 73	Ariel and Dom thanks for the comments. Dom you was really quick with the translation this time.Thanks a lot It is pitty that the name is incomplete!