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Originally Posted by ariel
Oliver,
BTW, do you know why the country is Persia, but they themselves call their language not Parsi, but Farsi?
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I think the name of the country is Iran since the Bronze age...
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Originally Posted by ariel
The upper part of the blade has silver koft, not typical for Persia, but very frequent on Arabian ( especially Syrian ) ones..
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I agree with Ariel and Oliver, Syrian or around.
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Originally Posted by ariel
The upper langet is surrounded by wire (?), - another Arabian feature.
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It looks like a piece of textile added later
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Originally Posted by Oliver Pinchot
The guard is also an earlier Ottoman style but similar are found on some later sabers.
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I agree and disagree, you have old Persian guards like that too.
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Originally Posted by Oliver Pinchot
We can say the following: the grips, pommel and koftgari on the blade are likely Ottoman provincial work (Arab provinces.) However, closer examination of the motifs may prove otherwise.
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This is wise and clever. I can translate it as:
We don't know yet...