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M.carter · 25th April 2005, 01:24 PM

Hello Eftihis,

This sword is indeed syrian, typical syrian hilt, crossguard and scabbard, but the blade looks weird. Syrian blades do not have these types of strongly acute tips. I can read most of the script on the scabbard back. I shall soon post what it reads.

EDIT: ahh here, the seventh pic down reads:" Shighil Hilmi Attallah Al-Tirzi Bi-Ghazza sanat (?) hijriya"

Which translates as:" Work of Hilmi Attalah Al-Tirzi in Gaza (gaza??!!) in the year of (I cannot read the date properly) AH"

As this sword was certainly made during Ottoman times, gaza could be logical, as it all was part of Greater Syria "Al-Sham", but Ive never heard of swordmaking in Gaza.

25th April 2005, 01:24 PM	#3
M.carter Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 176	Hello Eftihis, This sword is indeed syrian, typical syrian hilt, crossguard and scabbard, but the blade looks weird. Syrian blades do not have these types of strongly acute tips. I can read most of the script on the scabbard back. I shall soon post what it reads. EDIT: ahh here, the seventh pic down reads:" Shighil Hilmi Attallah Al-Tirzi Bi-Ghazza sanat (?) hijriya" Which translates as:" Work of Hilmi Attalah Al-Tirzi in Gaza (gaza??!!) in the year of (I cannot read the date properly) AH" As this sword was certainly made during Ottoman times, gaza could be logical, as it all was part of Greater Syria "Al-Sham", but Ive never heard of swordmaking in Gaza. Last edited by M.carter; 25th April 2005 at 01:56 PM.