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AUCTION 43: ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR
Lot 221:
A rare shashka with a light curved fullered blade decorated with Arabic inscriptions, original wooden scabbard covered in black stitched leather, featuring low-grade silver mounts.
Inscriptions read "(O Prophet), surely We have granted you a clear victory…" (Sura Al-Fath Quran Chapter 48, Verse 1) and Shahada "There is no god but the God [Allah] and Muhammad is his Prophet …". The inscription in the cartouche reads "Made by Mustafa".
Most probably it belonged to a North Caucasian muhajeer on service in the Ottoman army.
Ottoman Empire,
Ca. 1880.
L: 39 in., ( 99 cm.)
Condition: Very good overall, chape has dents, horn grip is slightly chipped.
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