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Zifir · 29th June 2010, 10:14 PM

Hi Rick,
I have difficulty to give meaning to the inscription, I read some words here and there but I cannot reach to a meaningful reading. My guess is that these are references meaningful in Shia or rather in Bektashi order, not Turkish rhymes that I am used to read in yatağans.

29th June 2010, 10:14 PM	#10
Zifir Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Istanbul Posts: 228	Hi Rick, I have difficulty to give meaning to the inscription, I read some words here and there but I cannot reach to a meaningful reading. My guess is that these are references meaningful in Shia or rather in Bektashi order, not Turkish rhymes that I am used to read in yatağans.