Dagger ID and Arabic ? Translation request

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Originally Posted by Lew

Erik
Yours is a Sudanese arm dagger circa 1898 probably from Omdurman. Here is it's close cousin.
Lew

Lew thank you very much for this info. The sheath on yours looks also great. Unfortunatley no sheaths were kept in this collection - alle blades come without a sheath....

Is this the type of weapon that was common in that period?

Regards, Erik