Help translating inscription on shamshir

ariel · 18th May 2009, 12:47 AM

Also, I do not think we can call it a "shamshir". The pistol handle and long quillons suggest Ottoman origin. They did use a "shamshir"-type blades, but those were properly called Kilic Ajjemi: foreign sword. That may also explain the Al-Shams/Damascus point: it belonged to the Ottomans.
And, indeed, Dom is correct about the date of 875H. Perhaps, there might be a "1" before the "8"? !875 in Gregorian written with Arabic numerals? I am really going on a limb...

18th May 2009, 12:47 AM	#4
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Also, I do not think we can call it a "shamshir". The pistol handle and long quillons suggest Ottoman origin. They did use a "shamshir"-type blades, but those were properly called Kilic Ajjemi: foreign sword. That may also explain the Al-Shams/Damascus point: it belonged to the Ottomans. And, indeed, Dom is correct about the date of 875H. Perhaps, there might be a "1" before the "8"? !875 in Gregorian written with Arabic numerals? I am really going on a limb...