Hi everybody
may I introduce you my last "input"
since few time, this dagger reached my home
- Indo-Persian dagger from "Qajar era" 18/19th century
it is in metal, steel?, with inlaid copper fillets
I guess that this blade is a variety of "Persian Johar"
it's the so-called "Qara Kharasan" or either "Qara Toban Johar"
I hope from your sagacity and expertise, to light on ... me
it has three inscriptions, 2 on the ricasso,
classical religious invocations (Shiite) YA ALI and YA ALLAH
too easy to translate, but the one on the heel of the guard,
it's in "Farsi" and we cannot translate it (
hopefully, not found "made in China" 
)
the handle as well as the scabbard, are covered by hunting scenes,
with a real catalog for all kind of animals, and even fish
the length is 35 cm (13,80 in)
the blade is 19 cm (7,48 in)
weight 780 gr (27,50 ozt)
please be free, to give yours comments, appreciations,
and more specially your critics, it's those last one, the most constructive
best regards
à +
Dom