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					Originally Posted by Dmitry
					
				 I tried to pinpoint the regional attribution by the shape of the hilt, but it's proven to be a difficult task.Blade has a couple of koftgari cartouches in what looks like Arabic. One has survived better than the other. Any help with translation would be appreciated!
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 Hi Dmitry
truely, one of both is illegible
the second, it might be possible to read ... under reserve
MASHALLAH either 
WHATEVER ALLAH (GOD) WISH
then under
TA'FAR could be (?) a name .. ? 
no more, I'm sorry, but very nice tulwar  
 
 
à +
Dom