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It seems that Shamshirs are like buses ....wait for one ....and then three arrive at the same time
![]() Shamshir, no scabbard. Hilt slabs are made from a resin type substance....has anyone seen anything like it....and know what it is. Gold inlaid cartouche with a lot of losses. Arabic script on the opposite side. Forged with some small 'cold shuts'. Comments and a translation would, again be, much appreciated, thank you Kind Regards David |
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I am literally sick with envy
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![]() All the best David |
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LOL!!!!! I see what you mean. You've seen the date on the blade of this one I guess? 1315 would be 1897/8. Last edited by Atlantia; 2nd July 2011 at 07:06 AM. |
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Thanks Gene ![]() still haven't worked out what material the hilt slabs are ? I know a number of Jambiya / Khanjar hilts have resin handles that simulated Rhino.....so perhaps this is the same idea. I'm hoping Dom or Alnakkas will help with the translation, on this and Shamshir no.2 ![]() Best David |
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Well the 1897 date and the bakelite type hilt are consistent I had a French saber from the same period with a resin/Bakelite hilt.
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the cartouche; - AMAL HASSAN ??? either MADE BY HASSAN, for the upper line we have a problem, by extrapolation, due to some erase, we should read "HOM" what is non sense, coze the translation could be; - MADE BY THE MOTHER OF HASSAN ... ![]() ![]() ![]() very hard to imagine a woman blacksmith, in Muslim country ![]() very sorry for "Atlantia", but despite his efforts to translate the date, we guess that it's 1310 (or 1892 Gregorian) and not 1315 I agree that it's look like a circle, but really too small to be read by Arab natives, as digit 5 ![]() SULTAN BIRATI ... the name it's not Arab, could be Perse, or even Indian ... "Birati" it's a locality in the city of Kolkata (formerly known as Calcuttā) West Bengal, India all the best à + Dom |
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