Good day,

I am in possession of an interesting sword I have not been able to identify...

It has a brass hilt, a lion's head pommel, writing (I believe it to be Arabic / other Persian) engraved on the blade.

I will attach pictures. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Tim

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Looks INDIAN to me...

I've seen these ones before.

Judging only the hilt (from the photo) this is a contemporary turist market Indian saber.

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I think the writing is definitely a form of arabic though...

Thanks

Tim

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My identification stands. The script appears to be Sanskrit, not Arabic. I don't read it myself.

Hi,
In total agreement with Sa'ar, this is without doubt a modern tourist piece from India. I collect antique Indian pieces so have seen a lot of these sabres and variants thereof in my travels. Sorry for the disappointing appraisal.
Regards,
Norman.

These have been around in various gift catalogs since I was a kid, they made short and long versions as well as similar daggers and also more traditional disk tulwar hilts. I have a short sword with the horse head some place and the full size tulwar and both are secured with the brass nut. The horse heads came with a blue velvet scabbard and the tulwar hilts with a red velvet covered scabbard. Got 'em out of a catalog as a kid. Reproduction tourist stuff all the way.

It is Sanskrit. I'd need to see it all at once to tell you what it means. The punctuation marks in Sanskrit can change the whole meaning.

Thanks for the replies...

Definitely surprising to me, though...I found it in Iraq.

Thanks again,

Tim

Copy link below...great job...you guys know your stuff. I was just....um....testing you.

aka...Good thing I found it in the middle of nowhere Iraq and didn't buy it.

So does anyone want an awesome Indian replica sword?


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