Thank you Serdar, and for asking my opinion.
As I admittedly have only limited knowledge on these Islamic swords, I can only say subjectively these are remarkable beautiful 'shamshirs' (if I may use that term collectively). It is quite clear by their very character you are well versed in the character of these type swords.
Thank you for pointing out the Balkan terms for these. With that noted, I cannot offer any definitive objective comments, but must ask if these inscriptions might reflect Ottoman influences, as obviously would be the case in certain Balkan regions.
The influences of and actual preference for Persian arms seem to prevail in numbers of other cultural spheres as 'shamshirs' seem to often appear in regions in India, Arabia (including various Sultanates in Africa). If not mistaken I associate the chain guard addition to certain sa'if from Yemen
(Hadhramaut in particular).
As noted, these are observations in the form of questions of course.
Thanks again
Jim
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