Shamshir, ID and translation please

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Originally Posted by Royston

Completely outside my sphere of collecting.
I am going to guess that this is a Persian ( lion on blade ) watered blade, shamshir.
I have just mildly cleaned one section of the blade to show the lion and the pattern.

I would appreciate any information from the experts.

Thanks
Roy

While it is difficult to say from the photos, I got the impression the blade is wootz, thus most certainly Persian.


The hilt looks like Mameluke indeed.