High quality Sudanese (?) Dagger + translation

[thinreadline]

Have had this in my collection for many decades and always thought of it as Sudanese but the quality of the blade just surpasses anything I have ever encountered which was Sudanese. Would appreciate the thoughts of others . It has what appears to be Arabic script on the blade and wondered if anyone can translate for me.

[Norman McCormick]

Hi,
The last image is a date equivalent to 1898/9 A.D. Hope this is of some help.
Regards,
Norman.

[thinreadline]

Hi,
The last image is a date equivalent to 1898/9 A.D. Hope this is of some help.
Regards,
Norman.

Yes indeed Norman that is wonderful , being the date of Omdurman . Thank you so much.

[Sajen]

Hello Thinreadline,

I would agree with the Sudanese/Omdurman attribution, they have well made blades, see here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16638&highlight=dagger+sudan

Regards,
Detlef

[thinreadline]

Hello Thinreadline,

I would agree with the Sudanese/Omdurman attribution, they have well made blades, see here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16638&highlight=dagger+sudan

Regards,
Detlef

Excellent Detlef, thank you for the confirmation.