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Originally Posted by Dmitry
Hello, friends. Someone asked me to ID a yatagan. The only thing I can make out is a date which looks like 1121, which translates to approx.1709 AD.
I really don't think the blade is that old. By the looks of it, I would say mid to late 1800s... Could our resident Arabic or Turkish speakers shed some light on this?
Thanks!
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Hi Dmitry
you read well the date "
1121 (if Hegire)" either "
± 1709 AD"
I will not advance a real date, at evidence this date is pure fantasy
to give an idea, the word "prestige" in English or French (the same)
is translated in Arabic ... as ... "
PRESTIGE" in Arabic text
I think that we are facing as reference, a "
prestige date",
more than, a date for the yatagan's creation
the sentences, a part a citation readable in Arabic, the others should be in Turkish,
because, not possible to be played in Arabic
"
ALLAH RASOUL" either "
GOD'S PROPHET "under-meaning; "Mohamed" who is the last God's Prophet"
I hope so that Zifir could have the key of the translation,
but it's not with a "muftar"
(key in Arabic)
à +
Dom