Karabela? Persian? Balkan?

Rivkin · 27th September 2006, 04:20 PM

It is possible that both blade and hilt are kadjar. The star symbol actually appears in Azerbaijan, both Persian and independent; here one can see a quadara with Qajar coins, making persian attribution easy. Again one might speculate that the blade is from somewhere else, but I believe it is a local Iranian (Azerbaijani ?) production:
http://oriental-arms.com/photos.php?id=1170
Slightly more modern:
http://oriental-arms.com/photos.php?id=135

27th September 2006, 04:20 PM	#12
Rivkin Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 655	It is possible that both blade and hilt are kadjar. The star symbol actually appears in Azerbaijan, both Persian and independent; here one can see a quadara with Qajar coins, making persian attribution easy. Again one might speculate that the blade is from somewhere else, but I believe it is a local Iranian (Azerbaijani ?) production: http://oriental-arms.com/photos.php?id=1170 Slightly more modern: http://oriental-arms.com/photos.php?id=135