First problem I have is that there is no character that is written like "a" in armenian alphabet, and I clearly see one. Armenian sound "a" is written like "u" if it's a capital letter, and like w if it's not. I don't see anything that suggests that the text is in armenian (however it can be, there is not much I can see here).
Concerning the dagger, I think I've seen this guy for sale on ebay not so long ago (or was it his brother ?). It was going as "ottoman court dagger" early XIX century (or was it XVIII ? I don't remember). I'm waiting for my copy of Astvatsaturjan's book, but the blades you show on the picture look to my unprofessional eye as XIX century.
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