caucasian kindjal, translation needed
 

please help with translation of the blade's marking. Note the dot in lower left corner.

thank you!

Hi,
The date reads 1326 A.H. equivalent to 1908 A.D., hope this is of some help.
Regards,
Norman.

Thank you for posting this, so I know that this is a common blade type, I have posted this one: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=18450 to get further informations since I know nearly nothing about kindjals. :D

Regards,
Detlef

The script looks Persian to me. If this is so the date could be according to the the Jalali calendar, which is solar based, and the only real difference is it starts, as does the Islamic calendar, at the flight to Medina. Thus +621 years would give a date of 1947.
The Jalali calendar was devised by, amongst others, our old friend Omar Khayyam, to overcome the problem of the Islamic calendar losing step withe the seasons.
Regards
Richard

Salaams ~ and whose poems are world famous...

Omar Khayyám.
Philosopher
Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Abu'l-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Khayyām Nīshāpūrī was a Persian polymath, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He also wrote treatises on mechanics, geography, mineralogy, music, and Islamic theology.
Born: May 18, 1048, Nishapur, Iran
Died: December 4, 1131, Greater Khorasan
Nationality: Iranian.
(Quoted from Wikipedia)

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

This type of long kamas with crystal shaped cross section with a pronounced spine and no fullers(they were typically called "Daghistani kama"s whether they were made in Caucaus region or not)were very popular inTurkey until better half of the 20th century; you can dfind at least one example in any given antique store, all around Turkey. So there is a possiblilty that this might be Turkish.

thank you for all replies

if someone can help with translation of inscription?

The size of the weapon and the type of embellishment indicate Daghestan workmanship. It could have been made there or in Tbilsi. The date is either 1324 or 1326, the terminal digit is not clear. In either case, it dates to the beginning of the 20th century, c. 1905-1907 c.e. The inscription is a name, Bazalai Chilla, a smith who enjoyed the same sort of fame as Assad Allah, and whose name appears on blades at least as often.