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Old 28th March 2006, 12:26 AM   #16
ham
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Default Ahlan w'sahlan ya BJ

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Originally Posted by bj211
Hi Ham…
What do you think? Can you confirm any of this ?
any corrections? i'm sure Tunisia was not ment to be there!!
maybe a similar sounding Ottman region that you know of?!
Salaam alaikum ya BJ,

Ahlan w'sahlan fil Sword Forum. Anta 'al ustadh al lughat al'arbiyya, ana talib faqat. Min 'aina anta ya akhi?
We are indeed fortunate to have such a colleague, welcome.
The 20th century date and poor calligraphy are consistent, not as an indication of manufacture, simply of the period of embellishment-- likely in the Tunis arms bazaar.

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