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|  30th April 2009, 01:47 AM | #1 | 
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				 |  Kaskara - help with translation please? 
			
			I would be very grateful if anyone could give me an idea of the reading of these Arabic texts which are inscribed on a kaskara blade. The blade itself is stamped with an orb and a lion as per Pallme's footnote, which might date it as early as 1837 although I expect the engraving is later. It is not as long as usual (31") showing no sign of having been shortened and handles very well. I read the date in the moon as 1915 (Gregorian) an auspicious year in the history of the Darfur Sultanate. Many thanks, Stephen | 
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