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Old 25th August 2010, 08:27 PM   #1
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Someone can help me for translate the inscriptions, I don't know if they are turkish or other language because I don't know the origines of its yatagan.Many thanks in advance for any assistance
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Old 26th August 2010, 01:35 AM   #2
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Hello,
Someone can help me for translate the inscriptions
Hi "ericlaude"
very nice "ya"
apparently it's not Arabic language, I guess should be Turkish

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Old 28th August 2010, 01:15 PM   #3
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Hi,
This is an incomplete inscription. Either the maker's seal was struck on the inscription or the calligrapher was out of space

The inscription on this yatağan is:

Darbından bu bıçağın cümle
İntikam alır aduvvdan sanki

But the complete form of this inscription which I came across in different yatağans is:

Darbından bu bıçağın cümle düşman tar ü mar
İntikam alır aduvvdan sanki misli zülfikar

Which can be roughly translated as:

All the enemies are decimated (destroyed, scattered) from the blow of this knife
It takes revenge from enemies as if it was Ali's (RA) sword zulfikar
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