Interesting aspects.
Thank you and interesting as you note Ward. The details you provide offer some intrigue to the origins of how it all came to be.
Can you be more specific as to the maker/origins of the hallmark despite the distortion?
I'll be careful too but the 80cms blade is supple where the Central Asian Shashka I have with the trade blade is rigid....
In support of what you have offered, the round hallmark I thought was Ottoman when comparing those in Emma Asvatsaturyan's work, though comparing line drawings and a slightly distorted stamp is difficult and most she presents would predate this sword.
These points that you note about the city, signature and hallmarks all point to Turkey and would be more consistant with placing this Shashka in Turkish borders rather than Degestan.
Ponderous though, the Kubachi work of Dagestan seems prominent through out...do the motifs within the chased design and those floral designs to the rear support each other as Dagestan?
Could the marks read Kuru of Erzerum, perhaps being a craftsman who moved his trade to the Degastan regions......
Gav
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