Arabic translation requested: Takouba pommel

[Iain]

Hi all,

I'm am hoping I will get very lucky on this and someone will be able to make out some of this pommel inscription. The script appears Arabic in form, although what the language is I am not sure.

The sword is a takouba which could be quite old. The script is written in incredibly tiny characters. Which my camera has had some issues to capture - I'm hoping that these images are enough to determine if anyone here can even read it or if the language is not one we have a speaker of. I will continue to try to get better photos but after two hours of wrestling with my camera, lenses and lighting I thought I'd start out with this.

As per forum rules first an overall shot of the sword...