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Old 14th February 2012, 11:19 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Dom
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1123 Hegira either ±1711 Gregorian

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I find it hard to believe that these daggers are 300 yrs old based on the inscribing. If these are indeed Mahdist period dagger they can't be older than 1885?

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