Need translation help with Islamic text on Aceh sword!

[mohd]

Originally Posted by Maurice

I have a ladieng with islamic text engraved at the handle.
Can anyone help me with the translation please?

Maurice

Beautiful lading

What do you means by Islamic text, Maurice? If it means verse of Alquran, then it's not verse quoted from Alquran. If it means Arabic characters, then those are Arabic characters but in Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia.

Since those are Arabic characters then we've to read it from right to left.

1. Mim=M lam=L Ya=I and Kaf=K which can be read as MaLIK or MiLIK. MaLIK is derived from Arabic word means Raja or Prince. MiLIK means "belong to". I strongly guess MiLIK is the correct word here which means "belong to".
2. Ba=B Nun=N Ta=T Alif=A Ra=R and Alif=A which can be read as BeNTARA. BeNTARA is a Malay word means Herald.
3. Ba=B Lam=L and Nga=NG which can be read as BeLaNG which means stripe. And stripe in Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia means tiger stripe which indicates ferocious (i.e. like tiger).
4. So MiLIK BeNTARA BeLaNG means "belong to The Herald of The Tiger Stripe".

Hope this help, Maurice

Mohd.