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18th December 2011, 01:48 AM
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welcome here  thanks for your presentation, but if you read the post concerning the translation http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11201 you will noticed that the picture for the whole weapon is requested, and, according with "zefir" availability, you should have an answer as far as, the mentions are indeed, in Turkish ottoman writing  à + Dom |
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18th December 2011, 08:48 AM
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Dear Dom,
First of all I would like to thank you for your reply and the attention you paid to me! I think that the inscription was written in Turkish, that is why I directed my question and request for translation to Zifir. But this does not minimize my respect to all other colleagues in the forum and personally to you, you thorough knowledge in Arabian language. Will be very thankful for the translation of the inscription!! Looking forward to receiving your reply! 
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18th December 2011, 07:18 PM
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Gentlemen,
Dandi is new and may not understand the rules quite yet. To help him out, I am attaching a picture of the entire yataghan before it was acquired by its current owner. Regards, Teodor |
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19th December 2011, 02:10 PM
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I understand the situation myself, some years ago, I got some difficulties when I came here for the fist time ... I didn't forgot it but, a rule has been decided, if we don't apply it ?? ...  why to put a rule, specially not too much restrictive anyway for you, to be patient waiting for "Zifir" assistance, from the two pictures, my translator, gave me at least one translation, the other it's in Turkish language, with some Arabic words, but too few to be intelligible  AGHA MOHAMED SAHEB either OWNER MOHAMED AGHA "AGHA" been a military rank in Ottoman Janissary troops again, Dandi, you are very welcome here à + Dom Last edited by Dom; 19th December 2011 at 04:53 PM. |
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19th December 2011, 04:06 PM
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Thank you Dom!
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19th December 2011, 06:56 PM
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Hi,
I did not translate Maaşallah on the picture, because I ran out of space. Probably it does not need translation for many but anyway; "Maaşallah" literally means "what wonders Allah has willed" and is used to avert evil eye. Best, Zifir |
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20th December 2011, 05:48 AM
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A somewhat unusual and a very poetic inscription, thank you Zifir! Could its meaning be interpreted as a janissary defiance to the Sultan towards the end of the corps, during Mahmud II's reign? Or is the emaning entirely different?
Teodor Last edited by TVV; 20th December 2011 at 05:59 AM. |
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