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Old 28th November 2008, 08:52 PM   #1
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Default Yataghan translation? , great calligraphy!

Hi, this is a great yataghan with a very good calligraphy.
Looking forward for a translation. Its a lot of work for our islamic script experts, but even a general comment about what are the inscriptions about whould be fine! Thanks!
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Old 29th November 2008, 04:41 AM   #2
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Looks a very good koftgar. The third photo seems upwards. I don´t recall in this moment seeing the blade grooves going so far to the point on a yataghan. Thank you for the photos.
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Old 30th November 2008, 10:12 AM   #3
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It will take me some time to translate and some parts seem to be difficult to translate but I'll give a shot.



Hakim Ali Besim Efendi (this is the name of the owner, the title "Hakim" has two meanings, 1) judge, magistrate 2) ruler, governor)
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Old 30th November 2008, 10:17 AM   #4
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Ey gönül bir can içün her cana zillet eyleme
İşret-i dünya içün sultana minnet eyleme

Do not hold oh heart all the lives in contempt just for a life
Do not bow to the sultan for the pleasures of mundane life
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Old 30th November 2008, 10:29 AM   #5
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Sine-i 'adaya fal açtı hançerin
Rahmet üstada olsun bu mücevherin

Your dagger opened the bossom of enemy for soothsaying
May God Bless the master of this jewel (meaning the yatağan, I believe)

This is a very interesting part but there is also possibility that I'm not interpreting it correctly. Soothsaying by looking at the entrails of animals was a pagan practice, it is interesting if the inscription refers to such knowledge.
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Old 30th November 2008, 10:30 AM   #6
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1241 (1826)
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sine-i 'adaya yarub bu bıçağı kıl nişan
sahibi daim muzaffer eyle olsun alişan

Let this knife be a sign on the bossom of the enemy
Let its owner be glorious and high in fame
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Old 3rd December 2008, 04:48 PM   #8
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1241 (1826)
The koftgari looks to be in very good condition if it's nearly 200 years old.

Is it possible this sword was made to memorialize the massacre of the Janissary corps in 1826 by Mahmud II?
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