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Old 28th October 2011, 08:23 PM   #10
Jim McDougall
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Originally Posted by stephen wood
...thank you for your interest in this one.

Did I post them upside down? I can't find a Sultan of Darfur or a King of Sennar with that name - the merchant idea is quite plausible. It does seem to be a first in that while engraved or etched inscriptions abound, I have never come across an Arabic stamp on one of these swords. Is it a tughra?
this is a tughra
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