what is this?

[Dom]

what ever it is that object, the last pics very clear show;
- arabic writing
- none arabic language
- either; Farsi or Pashto alphabet (د پښتو الفباء)

impossibility to have a Coptic origine as mentionned,
but for sure Indo-Iranian

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Dom

[HUSAR]

hi Dom!
thanks for the post, can you translate those scripts??? or symbols?
best
Husar

[Dom]

sorry, impossible to translate
capacities of my translator are "just" Arabic ... nobody 's perfect
but anyway, her ... She is perfect ... as principle

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Dom

[rand]

Booty from Adoni stored at Bikaner Armory had bar maces 64cm long with a very similar construction, pictured in "The Arts of the Muslim Knight" page 237.

rand

[ward]

Not in my copy French or English.

[rand]

Originally Posted by ward

Not in my copy French or English.

Thats interesting, just recieved a copy of "The Arts of the Muslim Knight", The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection by Bashir Mohamed, is 416 pages, the second half of the book is mostly Mughal arms and on page 257, number 247 it shows hour iron maces that are similar except they have a slight curve near the head of the mace.

Was disappointed not to see more Mamluk arms shown in the book as that was the main theme for the exhibit and the collection has more examples.

This book was on special from Amazon... If you have the French version and its different let me know.

rand

[ward]

First time you wrote 237. These ones in the book have nothing in common with the one under discussion. Other than the fact their all head wrenches.