strange sword

[Patterson25]

Originally Posted by ausjulius

These clipped type of blades are common among several ethnic groups in what is now the the modern provinces of Yunnan and Guangxi.
The tai/dai larger ethno group makes such swords.. many of the Zhuang people's swords have such a clipped tip..
The Bai in yunnan also make swords in this style.

I went in that direction first, because of Muslim minorities there.
However the blade is Indian as noticed by rsword and mcDougal.
I don't even think the script is Arabic, but rather Urdu or Farsi...