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10th July 2018, 05:14 PM | #1 |
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,The swords have arrived at my friend's home. He's sent some pics. The Royal Crest is prominent on the blade and scabbard of the sabre. the text on the khyber knife and the talwar is clear, the talwar grip has a faint motif of dotted circles, one just forward of the hilt rivet (which I gather is an Afghani custom unlike Indian ones).
If you can read them & let us know he would be a happy man...Thanks in advance. A flood of pictures follow. (one shows even the sabre's spine is decorated). Afghan crest included. Last edited by kronckew; 10th July 2018 at 05:34 PM. |
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10th July 2018, 05:47 PM | #3 |
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The khyber:
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10th July 2018, 05:53 PM | #4 |
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10th July 2018, 06:04 PM | #5 |
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Easy things first, since I have a couple of exams and should not let myself get distracted alot .
on the original to the right of the date it reads Faqeer Hussain, which I am going to guess is the name of the engraver. Very nicely engraved, also it bears the mark or Toopkhaanah or artillery. I had not seen this type of saber before, during and after living in Afghanistan, so it would mean very few were made or were made for high ranking officials. I'll do some detailed work maybe tomorrow. |
11th July 2018, 04:43 AM | #6 |
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Ok so the words at the tip on both sides are not clear and thy kind of give context to the rest. The rest pretty clear, it has the name of Panj Tan (The Messenger of God, Muhammad [pbuh], his daughter Fatima, her husband Ali, their sons Hassan and Hussain [ar]), meaning it was owned by someone of the Shia branch of Islam. It looks like the letters were itched on is that correct or the pictures show it like that?
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11th July 2018, 05:08 AM | #7 |
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On the tulwar the dots I feel are Indian motive. This was either a trade item or most likely a captured item that someone decided to customize. To whomever had it he would have known it or called it a shamshir (sword), and the other one would have been known as a saylaawa , Khyber knife is not what they are called, some areas may call it shuray , but mostly known as saylaawa. The writing are poems just need better pics of areas indicated with arrows.
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