New Balkan Yataghan - need translation help!

[Battara]

K Pasta, Dudes and Dudettes?

Just got this Balkan yataghan from Oriental-Arms. The hilt is silver and the scabbard is white metal. The blade has a maker's mark and some silver and gold koftgari script. What does that script say?

Thanks

[Dom]

the scrip "could" said ;

made by Mohamed Aghra owner (? friend) Malek Ahmed Aghra

I wrote "could" because the word "saheb" could be translated as well as "friend" or "owner"

nice yatagan, bravo

à +

Dom

[Battara]

Many thanks Dom.

[Gonzalo G]

!Wow! What a great piece, Battara. I love yataghans. I even use it´s name as a nick on some forums. My deep congratulations, and I prey you will post a good dozen pictures of it, at least. Do I see some drawing under the decorated part of the blade?
Regards

Gonzalo

[Lew]

Battara

That is a super sweet sword

Congrats

Lew

[Zifir]

In the hope that Dom does not get annoyed with me, I want to add a few things to translation as a Turkish speaker.

The inscription is:

Amel-i Muhammed Ağa sahib ü malik Ahmed Ağa 1211

Work of Muhammed Agha, Owner Ahmed Agha H. 1211 (1796/97 AD)

[Dom]

Zifir

it's a REAL pleasure when you feel that you'r not alone to get headache,
and some one is backing you

I'M SERIOUS,
no competition between us,
just complementarity for the benefit of our fraternity
at least, it is like that I understand my action here

but definitively,
I'm a damned stupid to have forget to translate the easiest part

thanks to have corrected that mess, because,
datation is too rare, and too much important ..

all the best

à +

Dom
(who will be in a 3 weeks time in Istanbul ..
Inch'Allah for a week,
and Damascus 2 weeks before)

[CharlesS]

Nice Battara!! I know this has been on the ole want list for a long time...now I know mine is a little safer!!

[TVV]

Simply marvelous, Battara! I second Gonzalo's motion about posting plenty of pictures here once it arrives.
Regards,
Teodor