Horn hilted Yataghan, Is it Arabic or gibberish?

[Rafngard]

Hello All,

I recently acquired this, my second Yataghan. It's a little beat up, but I'm still happy with it, especially give the price.

My other Yataghan, previously posted to the forum, has a gibberish (Arab-ish?) inscription on it, which I understand, is not uncommon on 19th century Balkan yataghans. I'm wondering if the inscription here this is the same?

Any opinions?

And also a bit of a family photo, staged with a couple other things from (*or inspired by) my recent trip to Sarajevo.

Have fun,
Leif

[Battara]

Looks Balkan, perhaps Bosnian.

[gp]

could you specify "gibberish" or why you come to call it "gibberish"?

Also in order to determine anything, the sizes / dimensions of the yathagan might be helpfull....


Tip: perhaps my articles in this forum on the Ottoman Bosnian cold arms ( amongst it languages on blades of bichaqs and yataghans and items in Balkan museums) will assist you further....

FYI: the Fez shown on the pictue might either be from :

1. the Bosniaken K.u.K Infantery Regiments I to IV
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnia...inian_Infantry

or

2. the 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division of the SS Handschar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_W..._(1st_Croatian)

or (what is recently often seen) a recent copy made for either historical enactment or fake copies of the original ones

an indication might be the pet-badge or holes in the Fez where these badges used to be