African Arm Dagger...finally!

Dom · 13th May 2009, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Manolo

Warren's post on his Sudanese arm dagger got me looking back on my own daggers.

On one side it says "Al-Kartoum 1317/1900" (top pic).

The opposite side has "Umdurman", and then it has the Hijra date "1100", which would translate to 1688 or so. This doesn't make sense to me...help please.
Furthermore, there is the number 90 just on the other side of the fuller.

Emanuel

Bravo Manolo good translation

- 1st inscription => 1317 Al Khartoum (الخرطوم al-Kharṭūm) is the capital of Sudan and of Khartoum State.)

- 2nd inscription => 1(?)00 Omdurman (Standard Arabic Umm Durmān أم درمان) is the largest city in Sudan and Khartoum State

Emanuel · 14th May 2009, 01:48 AM

Merci, Dom!

I started using some reference sites to transliterate arabic. Slow going but quite enlightening.
For those interested: http://www.eiktub.com/
and http://www.omniglot.com/, a source for most languages and alphabets.

Could the 1?00 be used instead of words? What I mean is, can the pronunciation of numerals be used to spell out names or words?

Best regards,
Emanuel

14th May 2009, 01:48 AM	#2
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Merci, Dom! I started using some reference sites to transliterate arabic. Slow going but quite enlightening. For those interested: http://www.eiktub.com/ and http://www.omniglot.com/, a source for most languages and alphabets. Could the 1?00 be used instead of words? What I mean is, can the pronunciation of numerals be used to spell out names or words? Best regards, Emanuel