Please help with translation

mahratt · 18th October 2014, 10:28 PM

Dear forum members. My colleague has a Yataghan. Can anyone help with translation of text?

Robert · 19th October 2014, 02:45 AM

Hello Mahratt, Please download your photos directly to your post. If you are not sure of how to do this you will find a detailed description here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13631

Best,
Robert

mahratt · 20th October 2014, 08:26 PM

Any opinions?

Oliver Pinchot · 20th October 2014, 09:12 PM

The pics aren't large enough, but even still the calligraphy is pretty poor.
It's hard to make anything out of it.

mahratt · 21st October 2014, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oliver Pinchot

The pics aren't large enough, but even still the calligraphy is pretty poor.
It's hard to make anything out of it.

Is that better?

Oliver Pinchot · 22nd October 2014, 04:15 PM

It appears to read, There is no hero like 'Ali and no sword like Zul Faqar.
It is poorly written, probably by an illiterate craftsman who copied this very typical inscription from something else. This is rather typical, as the very appearance of Arabic characters on a blade was considered a benediction. Form and orthography were more a concern for calligraphers, who worked primarily for literate patrons. Nice twistcore evident there.

18th October 2014, 10:28 PM	#1
mahratt Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Russia Posts: 1,042	Please help with translation Dear forum members. My colleague has a Yataghan. Can anyone help with translation of text? Attached Images Last edited by mahratt; 19th October 2014 at 08:21 AM.

19th October 2014, 02:45 AM	#2
Robert EAAF Staff Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Centerville, Kansas Posts: 2,196	Hello Mahratt, Please download your photos directly to your post. If you are not sure of how to do this you will find a detailed description here: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=13631 Best, Robert

20th October 2014, 08:26 PM	#3
mahratt Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Russia Posts: 1,042	Any opinions?

20th October 2014, 09:12 PM	#4
Oliver Pinchot Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 464	The pics aren't large enough, but even still the calligraphy is pretty poor. It's hard to make anything out of it.

22nd October 2014, 04:15 PM	#6
Oliver Pinchot Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 464	It appears to read, There is no hero like 'Ali and no sword like Zul Faqar. It is poorly written, probably by an illiterate craftsman who copied this very typical inscription from something else. This is rather typical, as the very appearance of Arabic characters on a blade was considered a benediction. Form and orthography were more a concern for calligraphers, who worked primarily for literate patrons. Nice twistcore evident there.