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![]() ![]() nothing to do with a verse or a chapter of Holy Koran ![]() ![]() you know, it's relatively common, when a blacksmith personalize a blade sometime with; - Koranic dedicate, - and, or the owner name's, - and, or his own name, - AND a date of issue as the space isn't too wide, but long, on a blade the mentions are, one after the other without at first view a logic just a pratical sense may help you to make a repartition; - the religious invocation are well know and often repetitive, - the mention "made by" "name" indicate the blacksmith - the mention "made for" "name" indicate the owner - the mention "with digits" Hegira date never forget that some engravers are not Arabic speakers, even Arabic writers, but just they just copy something without sense for them ![]() I just regret do don't have a chance to see a pic for the whole weapon ![]() best regards à + Dom |
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