Greek/Turkish kindjal translation request

Pitt1999 · 27th October 2024, 11:05 PM

A barebones kindjal with the characteristic arabesque decoration and Greek script often found on Greek weapons. Along with the Greek script and a date of 1910 is some Arabic script and what is probably a date in Arabic numerals. I would assume this is probably a name or possibly a commemoration of a significant event, it doesn't look like the typical poems or witty sayings you normally find on Greek edged weapons.

eftihis · 28th October 2024, 07:22 PM

Hi, in Greek script is written the name of the city this dagger was made, and the date which is 16th of September 1910, in Kydonies-Aivali. Both names the Greek and the Turkish are written, of the town of Ayvalik in Asia Minor.

Ian · 29th October 2024, 02:07 AM

According to online sources, Ayvalik was a predominantly Greek town that was racially oppressed by the Ottomans, starting in 1910. In 1917, during WWI, the German General Otto Liman von Sanders, military advisor to the Ottomans, ordered the complete evacuation of the Greek inhabitants. The forced march into inner Anatolia was accompanied by many atrocities and substantial genocide of the Greek population.

27th October 2024, 11:05 PM	#1
Pitt1999 Member Join Date: Sep 2021 Posts: 107	Greek/Turkish kindjal translation request A barebones kindjal with the characteristic arabesque decoration and Greek script often found on Greek weapons. Along with the Greek script and a date of 1910 is some Arabic script and what is probably a date in Arabic numerals. I would assume this is probably a name or possibly a commemoration of a significant event, it doesn't look like the typical poems or witty sayings you normally find on Greek edged weapons. Attached Images

28th October 2024, 07:22 PM	#2
eftihis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chania Crete Greece Posts: 507	Hi, in Greek script is written the name of the city this dagger was made, and the date which is 16th of September 1910, in Kydonies-Aivali. Both names the Greek and the Turkish are written, of the town of Ayvalik in Asia Minor.

29th October 2024, 02:07 AM	#3
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,255	According to online sources, Ayvalik was a predominantly Greek town that was racially oppressed by the Ottomans, starting in 1910. In 1917, during WWI, the German General Otto Liman von Sanders, military advisor to the Ottomans, ordered the complete evacuation of the Greek inhabitants. The forced march into inner Anatolia was accompanied by many atrocities and substantial genocide of the Greek population.