Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Translation help- 19th C. Ottoman Yataghan

ArmsAndAntiques · 26th January 2014, 06:10 PM

Hello Ibrahim,

Shukran! Thank you for the excellent input. It is much appreciated. So an early 19th C. example as opposed to a later example. It would be interesting to see how early one can find this type of yataghan and how early they are found dated.

Though of course a date on the blade does not mean an overall date for the piece...

I must have had by now between 15 and 25 examples of this type, and they appear to be most common of the type. Probably the most common type of Islamic weapon, that is also one of the more pleasing and aesthetically interesting types of weapons.

26th January 2014, 06:10 PM	#5
ArmsAndAntiques Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Posts: 80	Hello Ibrahim, Shukran! Thank you for the excellent input. It is much appreciated. So an early 19th C. example as opposed to a later example. It would be interesting to see how early one can find this type of yataghan and how early they are found dated. Though of course a date on the blade does not mean an overall date for the piece... I must have had by now between 15 and 25 examples of this type, and they appear to be most common of the type. Probably the most common type of Islamic weapon, that is also one of the more pleasing and aesthetically interesting types of weapons.