UNUSUAL OTTOMAN IVORY YATAGHAN TRANSLATION PLEASE

[ilias]

Thanks everyone for your nice comments.
laEspadaAncha I will gladly provide you closer photos.
Dom thanks a lot for your answer.I am glad that it has a name as you say.
Shall I take a better photo?Or you are positive about it?

[Dom]

Originally Posted by ilias

...snip... Dom thanks a lot for your answer.I am glad that it has a name as you say.
Shall I take a better photo?Or you are positive about it?

I'm sad for you to don't have a date ...
the pic it's OK, just the name is unusual for us, coze not Arabic,
so, it's possible if my friend "Zifir" pass by, he could correct it, but
the word "AMAL" is very clear
no risk of misinterpretation, about it

I don't think that it's old as far as you estimated, I guess more 19th C.
may be as you suggest, was a court yatagan, but the blade is very simple,
when during the same time, for less prestigious weapons,
the blades were having dedications, and decor

my thought is, it's more a presentation "ya", than a weapon,
mainly, if the stones on the hilt are, really a gems

all the best

à +

Dom

[Battara]

What a fascinating piece! First of this type I have ever seen - ivory mounts instead of, say, silver, gold, or brass.

Question: Isn't an Aga a type of commander in the old Ottoman armies?

[CharlesS]

What a strange and fascinating example....gorgeous piece! I would think an ivory mouth and chape would be quite fragile, but obviously these have held up well and beautifully.

Never seen one like it....thanks for sharing!