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A friend of mine from Bulgaria has several yatagans and he would love to learn what the transcriptions on them mean. Can anyone help, I would really appreciate it?
Thank you very much, Teodor Pictures of first yatagan attached |
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Second yatagan, and a stamp from the third yatagan.
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The second one with walrus ivory looks Balkan by the ear profile.
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They are all Balkan, collected in Bulgaria, with details such as villages where these were found available for a few of them. Of course, they could have travelled from one place to another in the past, but I Believe they were all made in the Balkans. Based on examples, walrus hilted yatagans are generally from the Western Balkans, such as Bosnia, and in the Eastern Balkans the hilts are mostly from dark horn - predominantly cow or buffalo, although on one of the examples pictured, which has the smallest ears, the hilt is made of rhino horn.
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I am afraid my friend has developped an addiction to damascus yatagans now and he is on a quest to acquire them all. Here is his latest acquisition and I believe this time the yatagan originates from Asia Minor as opposed to the Balkans. Here are some pictures along with the usual request for translation - I have not lost hope yet.
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sorry, but even don't seems to be arabic ![]() à + Dom attached; one pic of a series from 3 Last edited by Dom; 31st March 2008 at 03:45 PM. |
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And the inscription on the 4th piece, followed by pictures of the yatagans.
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Hi,
The inscription is "amel-e elhac mustafa, sahib ahmed aga" [made by mustafa the pilgrim, owner ahmed aga] the date is partly erased, I could only make out the number "88" at the very end, and it's probably 1288 hejira= 1871-1872 |
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sorry, because if arabic alphabet,
seems not be arabic language ![]() Turkish ? Farsi ? ![]() à + Dom Last edited by Dom; 31st March 2008 at 03:36 PM. |
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The one with the T-handle is a Zeibek one, IMHO.
http://www.timsah.com/Zeybek-Dance-COKERTME/nTVV0PBAXku |
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Zifir,
Thank you very much for the translations. The yataghans in posts 55 & 56 were similar in terms of their decoration, and were made in a span of 4 years, but as we now know thanks to your translation, by different smiths. Also, thank you for cinfirming my suspicions about the inscripions on the modern Indian daggers: it must indeed be difficult for contemporary kotgari artists to copy old inscriptions. Ariel, good observation on the T-shaped hilt. I have always assumed that it is an Anatolian feature, but now you have linked it more specifically to the southern parts of Asia Minor, facing the Aegean. I am sure that period photos, if any come up, will further confirm this. I am assuming you were referring to the yataghan in post 17, since it is the only one in this thread with this type of hilt. Many thanks to everyone again, Teodor |
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Here is another one for translation, many thanks in advance to Ziir or anyone else who attempt to unlock the meaning of the inscriptions.
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Better pictures uploaded.
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