Mahdist daggers

[regihis]

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http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZMOyHy8aY5w/TzZwnuJt5kI/AAAAAAAAAoE/BDnyHAX7zIU/s1600/4.jpg
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[Jim McDougall]

Nice!
Was there a question or observation? What do you know about provenance, the style of hilt etc. Do you collect in this field?

[regihis]

I would translate it.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YbLE6wsuwaM/TzmFWUqisZI/AAAAAAAAAo0/IBxem3ahSlk/s1600/4+(2).jpg

[regihis]

I would translate it. inside the square is the year??
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YbLE6wsuwaM/TzmFWUqisZI/AAAAAAAAAo0/IBxem3ahSlk/s1600/4+(2).jpg

[Devadatta]

Nice, here's mine!

[Dom]

Translation for the date

1123 Hegira either ±1711 Gregorian

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Dom

[kronckew]

they also come in straight.

[Lew]

Translation for the date

1123 Hegira either ±1711 Gregorian

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Dom


I find it hard to believe that these daggers are 300 yrs old based on the inscribing. If these are indeed Mahdist period dagger they can't be older than 1885?

Lew

[Dom]

I find it hard to believe that these daggers are 300 yrs old based on the inscribing. If these are indeed Mahdist period dagger they can't be older than 1885? LewI dunno if in English has a meaning, but we said (Frenchies)
- the paper never refuse ink and when it's engraved in marble or iron :p
I translate, no more ... ;)
interpretation I leave it for more expert than me :D

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Dom

[regihis]

In portuguese: paper accepts all...
I believe the Mahdists copied what already existed ...in this case: the style of the words Thuluth and the design of daggers. How copied others styles: indian, mamluk, western african ..

[regihis]

Its a Funj dagger?

The rulers of Sennar held the title of Mek (sultan). Their regnal numbers vary from source to source.
Amara Dunqas 1503-1533/4 (AH 940)
Nayil 1533/4 (AH 940)-1550/1 (AH 957)
Abd al-Qadir I 1550/1 (AH 957)-1557/8 (AH 965)
Abu Sakikin 1557/8 (AH 965)-1568
Dakin 1568-1585/6 (AH 994)
Dawra 1585/6 (AH 994)-1587/8 (AH 996)
Tayyib 1587/8 (AH 996)-1591
Unsa I 1591-1603/4 (AH 1012)
Abd al-Qadir II 1603/4 (AH 1012)-1606
Adlan I 1606-1611/2 (AH 1020)
Badi I 1611/2 (AH 1020)-1616/7 (AH 1025)
Rabat I 1616/7 (AH 1025)-1644/5
Badi II 1644/5-1681
Unsa II 1681-1692
Badi III 1692-1716
Unsa III 1719-1720
Nul 1720-1724
Badi IV 1724-1762
Nasir 1762-1769
Isma'il 1768-1776
Adlan II 1776-1789
Awkal 1787-1788
Tayyib II 1788-1790
Badi V 1790
Nawwar 1790-1791
Badi VI 1791-1798
Ranfi 1798-1804
Agban 1804-1805
Badi VII 1805-1821

[regihis]

really, the dagger its previous the mahdist, its a Funj gun? http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/topicimages/f/fu/funj_sultanate_of_sinnar.gif funj warrior