Shashka mostlikely Bukharan

[Dom]

Originally Posted by AJ1356

the inscription is not clear it says لا الا which would mean there is no but, I think was supposed to say there is not God but Allah, but the person gave up half way...

Good evening
if I translate your Arabic writting;
- "la la" either "no no"
but from the blade, we can't read something, I mean in Arabic
after, it's pure speculation

you mentioned; "Bukhara" as origin, might be,
but at this moment I have an interrogation,
no turquoise in decor, either on scabbard, or the hilt?
it's one of the particularities for daggers coming from this town
the handle is more symptomatically of Caucasus (East of Caspian Sea)
even, Circassian, than Uzbek (West of Caspian Sea)
the roots of Bukhara population are "Tajik" as well as in Samarkand,
that means, more Persian, than Cossack

it's my thought at the sight of this beautiful dagger,
congratulations for this nice acquisition
regards

à +

Dom