translation needed
 

Dear All

Hope someone can translate the inscription on this yataghan.

Thanks

Martin

its upside down, reverse it, and a turk will have a good chance of reading it :)

Hi mjamerks

Can see the whole sword?

Yes, he would. But he needs to see the whole yatağan first.
:rolleyes:

Hi Martin ... Dura lex sed lex :p
have a look at this post, and you'll understand
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=11201 :D

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Dom

Yataghan translation needed
 

Hi All

Hereby more pics of the Yataghan.
And of the inscription.

Thanks

Martin

Wondering if this piece is Turkish vs Balkan?

My vote would go for Greek - plenty of similar examples in Elgood's book.

Translation needed
 

Hi Zifir

I posted new pics of the yataghan.
Rgds

Martin

Be patient Martin. Zifir will certainly come up with the translation of this nice piece. You did your part, now just sit back and wait........ ;)

Sorry for taking this long but this one proved to be a hard nut to crack. At first glance I thought it's the names of seven sleepers but no, this is something else. Any idea Dom? Can it be Arabic?

as far as you seems to have an idea, I didn't submit the text to Taghrid :p
I'll do it :D

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Dom

hard luck ...
it's not Arabic, and as far as it's not Turkish ...
- Farsi ??
- Ouygour ??
- Azeri ?? (similar to azerbaijani)
- Turkmen ??
but also languages Caucasian languages who used Arabic alphabet ...
- kartvelien
- abkhazo-adygienn (North-West of Caucase)
- nakho-daghestanien (North-Est of Caucase)
which one ?? dunno, sorry :confused:

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Dom