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25th February 2020, 06:36 PM | #1 |
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Translation assistance on Ottoman shamshir
Thank you in advance for taking a look and providing any translation assistance.
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25th February 2020, 06:37 PM | #2 |
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And here are some images of the lengthy inscription on the upper half of the blade near the spine.
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25th February 2020, 09:51 PM | #3 |
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Lovely blade!
To me, it looks like Persian, late 18th century wootz. Very curious about the translation! |
25th February 2020, 10:26 PM | #4 |
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Very interesting inscriptions, including verses from a poem of the 'Abbasid poet al-Mutanabbi about a sword. Will give you readings when I have a moment
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27th February 2020, 04:25 PM | #6 |
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I fear I am going to look monumentally stupid here, but is the inscription upside down?
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1st March 2020, 03:50 PM | #7 |
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Kwiatek,
Thank you very much for the detailed translation. It provides valuable insight into the sword along with a new avenue of study. These verses were hidden away until now and I am most appreciative to have the opportunity to learn more about them. |
1st March 2020, 10:07 PM | #8 |
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A pleasure. It’s a very interesting and unusual inscription. It’s not impossible an educated Turk would have understood this sophisticated kind of Arabic, but I would have thought it pointed to an origin in the Arabic-speaking parts of the Ottoman Empire
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2nd March 2020, 11:13 PM | #10 |
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I am pretty sure the blade is Persian.
Now, when and where the inscription was made is another issue... Last edited by mariusgmioc; 3rd March 2020 at 07:14 PM. |
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