Plas help id this Yataghan

[Dom]

Originally Posted by Oriental-Arms

the short line after the figure 8 might be a 0

absolutly correct
but still yet the arabic script for 2 or 3,
who is a source of speculations
presently arabic reader, said 1380

the transcrition for the first sentence is;
- AMAL OSMAN ..????.. WA MALEK SOLIMAN 1380

the transcription for the second sentence wasn't possible,
apparently, the script is in arabic alphabet, but not the language
may be turkish

traduction of the first lign:
- MADE BY OSMAN ..????.. AND MALEK SOLIMAN 1960

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Dom (from NAS Fallon - Nevada)

[ariel]

It really cannot be 1960 Gregorian. Also, i would be VERY surprised if it were dated 1128H. I, just like Artzi, see 1280H

[Dom]

Originally Posted by ariel

It really cannot be 1960 Gregorian. Also, i would be VERY surprised if it were dated 1128H. I, just like Artzi, see 1280H

I just retrancript, and difficult for me to argument,
because I'm not arab native
but my translator, her ... she IS without contestation

... nevertheless

- without to denied the beauty of that yatagan, it's looks relatively recent

- well know that the East countries are over flooding the international market with copies, some times from very good black-smith or blade-smith

- they may honestly signed and dated their production ... why not

any way, I'm extremely reserved when it's matter of date, even and specially when that one it's mentionned some where,
when the blade is in "Joar" the sentence is clear,
the other are just a speculation at my point of view

what is mentionned in above, it's not "THE TRUTH", just my true

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Dom

[Hotspur]

I know of a similar one with horn grips and a less fancy grip divider but with tat same knurled circle mark.

Pictures, a few. Afaik, still on the market.

Cheers

Hotspur; I have a small ear white grip from roughly 1800 that has the ya ali mark on which I have seen several

[ariel]

Sorry, pushed the button one time too many.