Are these historical swords or tourist traps?

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Ian

Thanks Jim. I've attached a larger picture of the tughra, which also has a date below it. I can read 127"?" which translates into some time in the mid 1850s to mid-1860s (the last number is indistinct). A mid-19th C time frame seems to fit with the Ottoman attribution and much of what has been discussed so far.


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Thank you for adding the close up Ian! While I am no authority on Islamic arms I have always found them fascinating, and the tughra is one of the elements of Ottoman weapons most intriguing. It seems that would be a great subject for a thread, with weapons bearing these on the blades and attribution.