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Old 20th June 2015, 10:12 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by rickystl
Hi Kubur.
How observant of you! 1276 (1859). I can't believe I didn't notice this till you mentioned it. Getting old I guess. Thank you soooo much. Here are better pics of both side of the grip. The other side looks like an Arabic inscription (?) May someone can make it out? Again, thanks for the notice!!!
Rick.
Not to throw cold water on the dating, but usually any date on an Arabic item is in ARABIC numerals. Also 1276 "C" would IMHO be rather unusual as the dating would be from the HIJRA calendar.
Stu
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