Any idea what era it might be from? From what I read the Saljuks were the first to use niello(Sia Qalam in Farsi) work in this area, and the Bukharans were the last. So with that i was guessing something between 800-150 years for the age of this knife. The decay in the silver,(holes in the end peice of the handle and bottom of the sheet fitting) makes me think it may set on the older end, and that is why i was thinking it might have spent some time under some layers of dirt.
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