Interesting shamshir

[Andy Davis]

Hello all
Well interesting from my view, as its the only one of the type that I have and I've not seen that many. It took enough encouragement to get the friend to sell it too but I think worth the effort.
Disregarding the hilt, which is certainly a replacement, though appears old, the workmanship on the grip, horn or ivory I dont know, seems fine and the back strap area seems very good. Blade on the other hand, while reasonably short, seems very heavy. Not sure if that is typical but feels awkward to weild. Genuine certainly, as it has a lot of pitting to the one side, where it has obviously lbeen put down or hung up for a long time. Thankfully the faint engraving is on the better side.
I'm thinking Persian rather than Turkish but what era?
All thoughts appreciated as always.
Cheers
Andy