Syrian Dagger for Arabic translation please!

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Heres a Syrian dagger I picked up a few weeks back, I think its the Magadali Shams type, interestingly {for me anyway!} it is made from an old file blade.

I know the script on these has often degenerated so far to be unreadable, but a fellow forimite has suggested that the script on this might be translatable?

Any & all help & comments/information welcomed.

Spiral

[Dom]

Heres a Syrian dagger I picked up a few weeks back, I think its the Magadali Shams type, interestingly {for me anyway!} it is made from an old file blade.

I know the script on these has often degenerated so far to be unreadable, but a fellow forimite has suggested that the script on this might be translatable?
Hi spiral
I may confirm you about the origin of your dagger, it's a "Majdal Shams' Druze jambiya"
your fellow's suggestion, it's too much optimistic ... :p
I've 2, and never been able to get a translation,
even if my wife is completly fluent in Arabic (mother tongue)
may be Druze language wrote with Arabic alphabet, it's a suggestion
I'm sorry for you :shrug:
any way your "Majdal or Magdali Shams" is very nice, congratulations

à +

Dom

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Thank You for trying & your comments Dom!

Druze language would certanly make sense,

All the best,

Spiral

[Atlantia]

Sorry Jonathan,

It's still much les 'debased' than the script oftem is. Don't give up hope!
Look at mine, barely more than a series of squiggles:

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Cheers Gene, Perhaps oneday we will find some who speaks Druze if were lucky!

J

[AJ1356]

Translation for this is , No man like Ali, no sword like zulfiqaar.

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Translation for this is , No man like Ali, no sword like zulfiqaar.


Thank you so much! That particular mystery solved!


Interesting its such a classic Islamic statement.

Can I ask which side of the blade says what?

Thanks Again,

Spiral

[AJ1356]

The first close up picture, in the same side after Zulfeqar, it say more but I could only make ... "this sword" ... sorry could not be of more help, my Arabic is limited at best.

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Thank you again!

Spiral