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			Although the blade is of kilij form, note that it is in one of those Qajar-style all iron hilts and it may well be that the blade is of Persian rather than Ottoman origin.   The inscription certainly bears this out, it reads " 'Abbas bandeh Shah-i-velayat ",   ( 'Abbas, servant of the Ruler of the universe )
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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