AJAMI - Mahdist

Iain · 5th January 2013, 05:58 PM

Hi regihis,

I'm not questioning what your friend told you, just pointing out why a Hausa inscription would be odd. I believe the Borno region is the only area of Nigeria where the kaskara form is noted (Bivar). Bivar concludes that the blade from the sword of Baiajidda is from the nilotic regions of Sudan.

I'm having a little trouble understanding what your friend is trying to say.

Is he able to translate what is written on the blade?

I'm intrigued by all of this so please keep adding more info about the inscription when you can

regihis · 7th January 2013, 02:02 AM

Hi friends,
I sent the images of the sword to the Mosque of São Paulo and the teacher of arabic identificated the texts as NOT ARABIC. In arab language AJAMI is the word used for NOT ARAB.

Iain · 7th January 2013, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by regihis

Hi friends,
I sent the images of the sword to the Mosque of São Paulo and the teacher of arabic identificated the texts as NOT ARABIC. In arab language AJAMI is the word used for NOT ARAB.

Hi Regihis,

The Sudanese dialect is usually quite difficult for other Arab speakers to read.

See this post from Dom.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...7&postcount=12

5th January 2013, 05:58 PM	#1
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,708	Hi regihis, I'm not questioning what your friend told you, just pointing out why a Hausa inscription would be odd. I believe the Borno region is the only area of Nigeria where the kaskara form is noted (Bivar). Bivar concludes that the blade from the sword of Baiajidda is from the nilotic regions of Sudan. I'm having a little trouble understanding what your friend is trying to say. Is he able to translate what is written on the blade? I'm intrigued by all of this so please keep adding more info about the inscription when you can

7th January 2013, 02:02 AM	#2
regihis Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 39	Hi friends, I sent the images of the sword to the Mosque of São Paulo and the teacher of arabic identificated the texts as NOT ARABIC. In arab language AJAMI is the word used for NOT ARAB.