Thank you both for your comments! I learned a lot, although I must confess I'm disappointed as I thought the sword, together with the hilt, was much older, at least 18th century. If this sword was for actual use in combat, am I correct to assume it would have been used with some sort of shield, even on horseback? It's much heavier than, say, 1788 or 1796 pattern sabers.
Here are some pictures of another shamshir I own. The blade is much thinner and lighter than the first one, more typical I guess of what one thinks of when one thinks of shamshirs.
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