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Originally Posted by Ronin 47
Hello I'm posting this for a friend, and I was wondering if anyone could help us with the translation on this shamshir.
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Hi Austin
your "shamshir" present some unusual particularisms (at least for me)
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the reading of the date, give what seems a none sense
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the juxtapostion of "Damascus" and "Al Sham", normally, it's either one or the other, because both are the same place
the translation of the cartouche gave;
- sana hegira 875 - in English "Hegirian year 875"
either 1470 Gregorian calendar
honestly I doubt about the veracity of that date, didn't match with the sword, even the blade,
but may be, m'I wrong ?
the long sentence running along the blade it's for 4/5 a poem, following by those words;
"amal Damascus Al Sham" - in English "made at Damascus Damascus"
the poem is too difficult to be translated, at least for my translator
due to, some old forms of writting and syntax
à +
Dom