Shamshir Inscription Translation. PLease help.

Dom · 23rd November 2010, 02:12 AM

Hi Alex

your sword is "Persian" it's a "Shamsheer"
the hilt is in "Baddawi" style
the shape of the blade, classifed your sword as "Qara Toban" (a variety of Persian Johar)
seems be 18th Century

the pic identify the blacksmith, the famous "Assad Allah", and a mention about "Abbas Shah"

the long mention on the blade, is a poem written in old Arabic,
unfortunatly my translator don't have the necessary knowledge to offer a translation of it

all the best

Gavin Nugent · 23rd November 2010, 02:22 AM

Congrats, you put up a good fight to get this old girl, I was very smitten when I saw her. I look forward to seeing poem translated one day, I have seen the same poem on a number of blades so it must be historically important to have such phrases on the blade. Such beautiful large heavy complete examples and with silver are seldom seen, again congrats and thanks for sharing.

Gav

Aleksey G. · 23rd November 2010, 01:18 PM

Dom, thank you very much for your help in the translation, I will look and see if I can find someone who can translate it, if I can - i will surely post it.
Gav, thanks man.

23rd November 2010, 02:12 AM	#1
Dom Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG) Posts: 1,142	Hi Alex your sword is "Persian" it's a "Shamsheer" the hilt is in "Baddawi" style the shape of the blade, classifed your sword as "Qara Toban" (a variety of Persian Johar) seems be 18th Century the pic identify the blacksmith, the famous "Assad Allah", and a mention about "Abbas Shah" the long mention on the blade, is a poem written in old Arabic, unfortunatly my translator don't have the necessary knowledge to offer a translation of it all the best Attached Images

23rd November 2010, 02:22 AM	#2
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	Congrats Congrats, you put up a good fight to get this old girl, I was very smitten when I saw her. I look forward to seeing poem translated one day, I have seen the same poem on a number of blades so it must be historically important to have such phrases on the blade. Such beautiful large heavy complete examples and with silver are seldom seen, again congrats and thanks for sharing. Gav

23rd November 2010, 01:18 PM	#3
Aleksey G. Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 70	Dom, thank you very much for your help in the translation, I will look and see if I can find someone who can translate it, if I can - i will surely post it. Gav, thanks man.