Pulwar with inscription, can anyone translate?
 

The pulwar has a inscription on the blade, can anyone help with a translation?

..and the inscription.

Can I ask what the little square thingy is as well?

G

The Buduh (can be spelled in different ways) is a talisman, which is supposed to protect the owner of the sword and make sure he is victorious. It can be seen with four, six or nine squares, but four squares are most common. In each square is a number, representing a letter. The use of the Buduh, as we know it now, is very old, some say it goes back to around 1300. In the first quarter if 1200 al-Buni tells about a Buduh, but he does not give any description of it. It is seldom, if ever, seen alone, always together with some other inscription. (Buduh – A Talisman, by Torben W. Flindt, 1968).

I have heard it pronounced Baduh in Saudi but then that may be dialectal. The reason for the equal subdivisions with these marks is that each bloc is supposed to contain a different numeral or character (Arabic characters also have a numeric value.) These are arranged so that whether added from side to side or top to bottom, they sum the same. Hence the baduh is considered to have talismanic porperties.

Ham

another interesting note, is that haider ali incorporated his name into the baduh, forming his own talismatic square. seemed to have work, given his success in the south!