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Let me first thank those that provide translation assistance. It is very helpful and enlightening to the pieces we study. This is an Indian Sossun Patah sword with a hilt with extensive Arabic inscriptions. Am hoping someone will be able to translate. Also interesting is a trident mark beneath one langet and a two character Indian inscription above that. Am hoping someone is able to translate that as well.
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Here are the blade markings.
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Hi Rick,
Very interesting sword with its Mughal rehilt. Perhaps this picture is a little easier to see the trisula. Ian . |
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Looks longer than the average sosun patah.
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The Arabic inscriptions are invocations of various Beautiful Names of God (traditionally held to be 99, though according to strict theology infinite in number), including
يا اله "O God!” يا رزاق "O Sustainer” يا سلام "O Peace!” etc. Can’t help you with the Indian language inscription I’m afraid! |
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Thank you very much Kwiatek! Great to know what the inscriptions say on the handle. |
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Pleasure! I suspect the inscription on the blade is in Kannada, but I’m far from sure
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Hi RSWORD,
The first digit appears to be a Devnagiri 2 and the second digit may be a 5 (although the curlicue at the bottom is atypical. You can look up Devnagiri numerals on line and see what you think. Sincerely, RobT |
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Can we see the whole sword please. The tip is off-camera in the first post.
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