Help needed in transcribing an inscription!

[kino]

On a Moro Kris.
Had some restoration work done on it.
Apologies in advance if the orientation is incorrect.
Thanks.

[Battara]

Magic square? Nice piece, especially with all silver inlay and the naga on the blade.

All I can say on translation is that on the left side picture I can see the word "Allah" but that's it as far as I can tell. I suspect that Otis supposed to be a bismallah, one of the new of God.

Congratulations on a great piece!

[Rick]

Is this kris actually pretty stubby ?
Or is it an optical delusion ? ;)

[Spunjer]

heck of a kris, bro! it does look like a fatty... what's the width and length of the blade, kino? also, what kinda resto work have you done with it?

[kino]

Battara, Thanks for the partial transcription.

Rick, It does look stubby in the photos. As Spunger called it, the blade is fatty. It somewhat reminds me of a US Civil War era artillery sword.

Spunger, The blade length is 22 inches. Mid-length of the blade, the width is 2 inches and it's heavy.

Here is a photo of the before and after the resto work.

[TribalBlades]

It says ALLAH. (GOD)

[VVV]

Fantastic kris with unique inlay!!!
I don't dare to mention what the star consisting of double squares (the loops makes it a star) is called
(not to provoke David during X-mas ;) ) but I can confirm that it is not a magic square.

Michael

[A.alnakkas]

Nice piece, I really like it. It says " Allah - Mohammed"

[Sajen]

Very nice kris and a great restore job you have done!

Regards,

Detlef

[Spunjer]

you added the horse hoof pommel, or was it just off and you had it put back together?

[Dom]

Good Day everybody
I confirm that the refurbishing have been done in a mastered way :D
also, Lotfi gave a right translation, but forget to said that
- ALLAH and MOHAMED are inscribed in each cartouche

I share completely the point of view of Michael, about "magic square",
there is not, on your Kris, unfortunately :o
"magic square" is very specific, but every time more or less the same shape
you must found a figure with small squares or diamonds, containing;
- digits, or letters inside each one

REGARDS

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Dom

[kino]

A.alnakkas and Dom, Thank you very much for the translation and comments.

VVV and Sajen, Thanks for the comments.

Spunger, the Kris was found sans pommel, so I had it and the half of the band below the pommel crafted.

[Rick]

It came out well, Kino .
Very nice and the pommel looks of an age with the kris .

[Battara]

Great job!