Inscription on tulwar help!

[mariusgmioc]

Originally Posted by AkaaliSingh

Hi all , here is a gold indian tulwar i own with a persian blade.. can anyone through more light to this sword? I also need help with the inscription that is on the blade. Can anybody help with the translation please?

thank you!

This looks like a typical Persian Shamshir wootz blade with a new Tulwar hilt.

Can you see any wootz watering anywhere on the blade? This would be very important because this type of blade, with this type of inscription if it is genuine, it must be wootz. If it is not wootz, then I suspect a fake.

Have you considered etching it?

I wouldn't be surprised if the marking reads "Assad Allah" or "Kalb Ali."

PS: I can bet the gold koftgari on the hilt, or the whole hilt itself, is recent production (koftgari is very sensitive and there is no way it can last practically intact on the hilt of a functional sword). I have seen recent Indian Tulwars with almost identical hilts, and I have seen some with PAINTED "koftagari" that look suspiciously similar to yours.

Just check out this link at another thread on this site and you will get a better idea of what I mean:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=3168