Help with translation - small pretty Kard

Gonzoadler · 10th December 2020, 07:29 PM

Hello,

since some years I own this unusual small Kard. The blade is wootz and has a gold Koftgari with inscription, the mountings are made of a silver alloy with a lower silver content or nickel silver, I don´t know exactly. The mountings are chiselled and decorated with pretty flowers.
Measures: total: 22cm; without scabbard: 20cm; blade: 12cm
Now my questions:
1. I saw a similar bigger Kard in a famous German auction house described as Ottoman. Would you agree with that origin?
2. I would date the dagger in the second quarter of the 19th century, but this is only a feeling. What are your meanings regarding the time of production?
3. The most important point: what means the inscription?

Greetings and thank you very much
Kevin

10th December 2020, 07:29 PM	#1
Gonzoadler Member Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Germany Posts: 244	Help with translation - small pretty Kard Hello, since some years I own this unusual small Kard. The blade is wootz and has a gold Koftgari with inscription, the mountings are made of a silver alloy with a lower silver content or nickel silver, I don´t know exactly. The mountings are chiselled and decorated with pretty flowers. Measures: total: 22cm; without scabbard: 20cm; blade: 12cm Now my questions: 1. I saw a similar bigger Kard in a famous German auction house described as Ottoman. Would you agree with that origin? 2. I would date the dagger in the second quarter of the 19th century, but this is only a feeling. What are your meanings regarding the time of production? 3. The most important point: what means the inscription? Greetings and thank you very much Kevin Attached Images