The size of the weapon and the type of embellishment indicate Daghestan workmanship. It could have been made there or in Tbilsi. The date is either 1324 or 1326, the terminal digit is not clear. In either case, it dates to the beginning of the 20th century, c. 1905-1907 c.e. The inscription is a name, Bazalai Chilla, a smith who enjoyed the same sort of fame as Assad Allah, and whose name appears on blades at least as often.
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