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Originally Posted by Royston
Completely outside my sphere of collecting.
I am going to guess that this is a Persian ( lion on blade ) watered blade, shamshir.
I have just mildly cleaned one section of the blade to show the lion and the pattern.
I would appreciate any information from the experts.
Thanks
Roy
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While it is difficult to say from the photos, I got the impression the blade is wootz, thus most certainly Persian.
The hilt looks like Mameluke indeed.