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Old 13th February 2012, 09:44 PM   #1
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Old 13th February 2012, 10:03 PM   #2
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Nice!
Was there a question or observation? What do you know about provenance, the style of hilt etc. Do you collect in this field?
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Old 13th February 2012, 10:50 PM   #3
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I would translate it.
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Old 13th February 2012, 10:51 PM   #4
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I would translate it. inside the square is the year??
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Old 13th February 2012, 11:40 PM   #5
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Nice, here's mine!
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Old 14th February 2012, 01:48 AM   #6
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Translation for the date

1123 Hegira either ±1711 Gregorian

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Old 14th February 2012, 08:11 AM   #7
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they also come in straight.
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Old 14th February 2012, 12:19 PM   #8
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I find it hard to believe that these daggers are 300 yrs old based on the inscribing. If these are indeed Mahdist period dagger they can't be older than 1885?

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