Please see the following research paper related generally to early Islamic swords~
http://gladius.revistas.csic.es/inde...viewFile/86/86
Note that the sword shown in the paper above and illustrated below is virtually identical to all the swords in the previous post. This is early 10thC ... and begs the question as to how long a sword needs to be in the public domain before it is Iconised with a place in the astrology charts.
Shown below;from the Suwar al-kawakib al-thabita of al-Sufi dated1009-10