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ericlaude
25th August 2010, 07:27 PM
Hello,
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

Dom
26th August 2010, 12:35 AM
Hello,
Someone can help me for translate the inscriptionsHi "ericlaude"
very nice "ya" :D
apparently it's not Arabic language, I guess should be Turkish ;)

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Dom

Zifir
28th August 2010, 12:15 PM
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