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Sylektis
7th February 2010, 10:38 PM
Hi again,

My cousin has this "set" of arms:
A Turkish pistol, a palaska, a yataghan with inscription and a strange sword dated 1817.
Can anybody help to translate?
And what is the second sword?

Thanks a lot.

Sylektis
7th February 2010, 10:56 PM
:o
And another one:

Battara
7th February 2010, 11:12 PM
The "strange" sword looks like either a kilij or a shamshir minus the crossguard that was originally there. A closeup of the last half of the blade would be helpful for a better determination.

Will wait for others to translate.

Dom
8th February 2010, 01:21 PM
Can anybody help to translate?unfortunatly the quality of pictures cancel the translation possibilities, nevertheless

- the date should be 1230 or 1235 Hegira either 1814 or 1819 Gregorian

- the tughra, possible to read "Ahmed"

- the "cartouche" it's hopeless, and maybe in Turkish language

à +

Dom

Zifir
9th February 2010, 06:43 PM
Sadly, erased parts made it impossible to read the script. It is Turkish, I can guess the first word is "bu" (this), but the rest is ????

best,