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Old 24th April 2009, 11:04 PM   #4
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well analyse TVV, it's just a date
nothing to do with a verse or a chapter of Holy Koran

Jim,
you know, it's relatively common, when a blacksmith personalize a blade sometime with;
- Koranic dedicate,
- and, or the owner name's,
- and, or his own name,
- AND a date of issue

as the space isn't too wide, but long, on a blade
the mentions are, one after the other without at first view a logic

just a pratical sense may help you to make a repartition;
- the religious invocation are well know and often repetitive,
- the mention "made by" "name" indicate the blacksmith
- the mention "made for" "name" indicate the owner
- the mention "with digits" Hegira date

never forget that some engravers are not Arabic speakers,
even Arabic writers, but just they just copy something without sense for them

I just regret do don't have a chance to see a pic for the whole weapon

best regards

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