Arabic insription on yataghan - translation requested

eftihis · 26th July 2006, 10:58 PM

Beliefs about the existance of dragons are universal!!
You can find myths about dragons from ancient Greek and Norse mythology up to China and pre-columbian america!
But what is important here to understand from which area the dragon head arrived in yataghan scabbards, is the style of its artistic representation.
The dragons that exist on the janisaries book and on early islamic swords remind the chinese esthetic representation of dragons, while the yataghans have an almost "smilling" dragon which in my opinion relates more with the "sea dragons" that we can see on european maps of 16th -17th century.

26th July 2006, 10:58 PM	#25
eftihis Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chania Crete Greece Posts: 511	Beliefs about the existance of dragons are universal!! You can find myths about dragons from ancient Greek and Norse mythology up to China and pre-columbian america! But what is important here to understand from which area the dragon head arrived in yataghan scabbards, is the style of its artistic representation. The dragons that exist on the janisaries book and on early islamic swords remind the chinese esthetic representation of dragons, while the yataghans have an almost "smilling" dragon which in my opinion relates more with the "sea dragons" that we can see on european maps of 16th -17th century.