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Norman McCormick 24th February 2012 01:07 PM

Persian/Farsi? Translator Required
 
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Hi,
I think the inscription on this Tulwar may be Persian/Farsi. Reading left to right the first could be an upended 'he' and the second a disjointed 'shin'? An illiterate smith may have copied the inscription from something else and the phrase may be meaningless or not Persian/Farsi. If anyone is familiar with this script I would be grateful for your input.
Regards,
Norman.

AJ1356 24th February 2012 04:23 PM

Sorry, nothing intelligible.

Norman McCormick 24th February 2012 06:24 PM

Hi,
Many thanks for your time.
My Regards,
Norman.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi 11th April 2014 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Norman McCormick
Hi,
I think the inscription on this Tulwar may be Persian/Farsi. Reading left to right the first could be an upended 'he' and the second a disjointed 'shin'? An illiterate smith may have copied the inscription from something else and the phrase may be meaningless or not Persian/Farsi. If anyone is familiar with this script I would be grateful for your input.
Regards,
Norman.


I will get my Farsi people onto this

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

CharlesS 11th April 2014 06:48 PM

Sorry I cannot be of any help with the script, but I just wanted to comment on the lovely floral motif in what appears to be a top fuller. Very nice, and I've not quite seen anything like that before.

Congrats!

Norman McCormick 12th April 2014 07:24 PM

Hi Ibrahiim,
I look forward to anything you can uncover. I have shown the sword to a native Farsi speaker but unfortunately she was unable to make any sense of the script, she is very young so perhaps it is something outwith her sphere of knowledge.

Hi Charles,
The motif is on both sides of the blade and runs almost the whole length of the smaller top fuller plus it is also on the back edge and again runs most of its length. I have not seen another like it but I believe similar ones pop up now and again.

My Regards to you Both,
Norman.


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