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Originally Posted by kahnjar1
Not to throw cold water on the dating, but usually any date on an Arabic item is in ARABIC numerals. Also 1276 "C" would IMHO be rather unusual as the dating would be from the HIJRA calendar.
Stu
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Dear Stu,
Not always. They used also our numeral (Arabic), the Arabs use the Indian one (known as Arabic). Our system but with the hirji calendar. I'm sure of the dating! I can post other examples on Moroccan powder flasks. Best,