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Old 22nd February 2020, 11:01 PM   #9
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Oliver,
BTW, do you know why the country is Persia, but they themselves call their language not Parsi, but Farsi?
I think the name of the country is Iran since the Bronze age...

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The upper part of the blade has silver koft, not typical for Persia, but very frequent on Arabian ( especially Syrian ) ones..
I agree with Ariel and Oliver, Syrian or around.

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The upper langet is surrounded by wire (?), - another Arabian feature.
It looks like a piece of textile added later

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The guard is also an earlier Ottoman style but similar are found on some later sabers.
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I agree and disagree, you have old Persian guards like that too.

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We can say the following: the grips, pommel and koftgari on the blade are likely Ottoman provincial work (Arab provinces.) However, closer examination of the motifs may prove otherwise.
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This is wise and clever. I can translate it as:
We don't know yet...
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