When a Persian Shamshir Becomes a Malay Sundang...sort of...

AJ1356 · 22nd August 2013, 10:10 AM

This a very nice example of cross national items.
The peoples of Persia, Afghanistan and India took Islam to these areas, and it is quite likely this was a battle field pick up.

The blade was made in the Safavid royal arsenal, which Assadullah apparently had worked at one time. It bears the lion seal of the royal arsenal and the familiar Quranic script of the era.
Right about the lion seal is یا قاضی الحاجات yaa qaazi al haajaat and on the opposite side is لا حول و الله قوت الابالله العلی و العظیم laa hawl o wallah quwat u ellah bellah e alali ul azim.

Just noticed under it all it read یا فتاح yaa fataah,
I'll leave it for one of our native Arabic speakers to give you the meaning.

22nd August 2013, 10:10 AM	#3
AJ1356 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Nashville Posts: 317	This a very nice example of cross national items. The peoples of Persia, Afghanistan and India took Islam to these areas, and it is quite likely this was a battle field pick up. The blade was made in the Safavid royal arsenal, which Assadullah apparently had worked at one time. It bears the lion seal of the royal arsenal and the familiar Quranic script of the era. Right about the lion seal is یا قاضی الحاجات yaa qaazi al haajaat and on the opposite side is لا حول و الله قوت الابالله العلی و العظیم laa hawl o wallah quwat u ellah bellah e alali ul azim. Just noticed under it all it read یا فتاح yaa fataah, I'll leave it for one of our native Arabic speakers to give you the meaning.