Marsh Arab dagger. Request for translation.

Saracen · 2nd April 2021, 05:24 PM

Good day everyone.
This is not a very old dagger, I think not older than the middle of the last century, but it is made neatly and traditionally for this type.
It has an inscription on the back of the scabbard.
Is it possible to translate it?
I would be very grateful for that.

kwiatek · 2nd April 2021, 08:03 PM

“General Cunningham”

:-)

Ren Ren · 2nd April 2021, 11:02 PM

An amazing twist in history!

Saracen · 3rd April 2021, 07:28 PM

Kwiatek, thank you very much.

Saracen · 3rd April 2021, 07:29 PM

I think Cunningham could have received this dagger as a gift while in Palestine from 1945 to 1948 as High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan.

Or did he buy and sign his favorite dagger himself so as not to lose it?

Probably the second, judging by the abundance of smiles

gp · 3rd April 2021, 07:47 PM

so what kind of dagger is it as the Marsh Arabs are quite some distance away from Palestine ( as far as London or Paris are from Berlin...or Marsh Arabs from Yemen) so I expect the cold arms also differ from those of their fellow Arabs?
Or am I mistaken...? ( mafish haga / I don't know...

)

2nd April 2021, 05:24 PM	#1
Saracen Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 147	Marsh Arab dagger. Request for translation. Good day everyone. This is not a very old dagger, I think not older than the middle of the last century, but it is made neatly and traditionally for this type. It has an inscription on the back of the scabbard. Is it possible to translate it? I would be very grateful for that. Attached Images

2nd April 2021, 08:03 PM	#2
kwiatek Member Join Date: May 2019 Posts: 153	“General Cunningham” :-)

2nd April 2021, 11:02 PM	#3
Ren Ren Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Russia, Moscow Posts: 365	An amazing twist in history!

3rd April 2021, 07:28 PM	#4
Saracen Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 147	Kwiatek, thank you very much.

3rd April 2021, 07:29 PM	#5
Saracen Member Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 147	I think Cunningham could have received this dagger as a gift while in Palestine from 1945 to 1948 as High Commissioner for Palestine and Transjordan. Or did he buy and sign his favorite dagger himself so as not to lose it? Probably the second, judging by the abundance of smiles

3rd April 2021, 07:47 PM	#6
gp Member Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 658	so what kind of dagger is it as the Marsh Arabs are quite some distance away from Palestine ( as far as London or Paris are from Berlin...or Marsh Arabs from Yemen) so I expect the cold arms also differ from those of their fellow Arabs? Or am I mistaken...? ( mafish haga / I don't know... )