Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Wootz Shamshir for translation and comment please

ALEX · 1st July 2011, 11:26 AM

Congratulations on a first wootz shamshir!
The cartouche reads: "Walaed Shah Abbas", meaning "Reign of Shah Abbas" as a reference to the Safavid king Abbas (1587-1629). The blade is 18th/19th Century. Nice find.

1st July 2011, 11:26 AM	#3
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	Congratulations on a first wootz shamshir! The cartouche reads: "Walaed Shah Abbas", meaning "Reign of Shah Abbas" as a reference to the Safavid king Abbas (1587-1629). The blade is 18th/19th Century. Nice find.