AsadAllah wootz persian sword

[eftihis]

Hallo, this is an "Asadallah" shortened persian sword. When do you think this was made? It is possible that this is 17th century and the handle was made latter in the turkish taste?

[ALEX]

Eftihis, this is very High-Quality blade. The inscription is: "O, Fulfiller of Needs" and the "Persian Lion" has a special quality mark near the tail. THis is 19th, possibly 18th century Persian "trade" blade. the handle and crossguard are likely later additions.

[ariel]

What a pity that the most beautiful part of the blade was lost!
I love this configuration, with the "keyhole" feature and complex fullers. A similar one was shown in Fiegel's collection, Indian fittings. But Astvatsaturyan shows an identical one as an example of the Amuzgi work. The Caucasian swordmakers produced a variety of blade patterns, some specific for the area, some homage to Iranian or Turkish. Wootz was made there by several masters, specifically Elizarov. The Persian lion and cartouches presented no problem for them, just like for the modern Georgian masters:-)

[ALEX]

Originally Posted by ariel

..... ... But Astvatsaturyan shows an identical one as an example of the Amuzgi work. The Caucasian swordmakers produced a variety of blade patterns, some specific for the area, some homage to Iranian or Turkish. Wootz was made there by several masters, specifically Elizarov. The Persian lion and cartouches presented no problem for them, just like for the modern Georgian masters:-)

I seriously doubt the Caucasian bladesmiths were producing high quality Persian-like wootz quality blades like this, especially that complex. Most of them are "trade" blades from Persia or Syria, furnished in local tastes. The same for cartouches - obviously they were/are copied, but the quality of the chiseling often tells the origin.