I do not believe that the "lion of god" was a person, but more of a title. I have a lion of god shamshir and the others I have seen are of different age of manufacture than the one I have.
As to the alloy elements in the blade...hard to say without a chem analysis, but most all coppers have trace amounts of other elements so unless they are of a certain level percent one could say it was just dirty/contaminated ore bodies.
Assadulla is an often coped inlay/overlay/engraving applied to raise the price of the item....this is an old cheat recorded in works written in the 1800's and is true today as well.
Ric
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