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RSWORD

26th May 2018 11:59 PM

Looking for Arabic translation on Keris handle and scabbard

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Hello. Would anyone be able to help translate an Arabic inscription on a keris scabbard? I see Allah on the handle but can’t make out the other ones there and nothing on the scabbard. Thanks for having a look.

Battara

27th May 2018 12:53 AM

I read "Allah" on the left side of the wranga.

Green

27th May 2018 05:42 PM

the script is arabic and in arabic language. i don't understand arabic but on the sampir two words i recognize is Ali and zulfakar.there is the word Allah also on the sampir and the handle.

Ali is the fourth caliph and zulfakar is his famous sword.

Oliver Pinchot

27th May 2018 07:37 PM

"There is no hero like 'Ali and no sword like Zulfaqar"

This is a phrase often found on weapons throughout the Dar al Islam.

RSWORD

28th May 2018 03:32 PM

Thanks for the translation assistance Oliver and Green!

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