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Lot 185

An interesting Ottoman Sword inscribed with the name of the Hashemite ruler of Transjordan 'Abdallah I (r. 1921-46)
(2)

Islamic and Indian Art

8 April 2014, 10:30 BST

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £50,000 inc. premium

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An interesting Ottoman Sword inscribed with the name of the Hashemite ruler of Transjordan 'Abdallah I (r. 1921-46)

the curved watered steel blade inscribed in gold overlay and set with five small stones, the 18th Century Indian floral tulwar hilt with gold floral decoration with disk pommel and knuckle-guard, the red velvet scabbard with Turkish silver chape, lock and suspension mount with incised floral decoration, probably early 20th Century
97.5 cm. long(2)

Footnotes

Inscriptions: on one side, the inscriptions relate that the sword belonged to al-Amir al-Sharif al-Sayyid Khalid al-'Arjawi al-Husayni at the time of his migration to Damascus in the year AH 915/ AD 1509-10. It was then inherited by al-Sharif al-Sayyid Muhammad Salih Efendi al-'Arjawi from his father al-Sharif al-Sayyid Muhammad Efendi al-'Arjawi al-Husayni; another inscription gives the name of the Amir of Transjordan 'Abdallah I (reg. AD 1921-46) as al-Amir Sahib al-Jalal 'Abdallah al-Hashimi al-Mu'azzam; the remaining inscriptions include verses in Arabic attributed to Imam Husayn taking back his ancestors to the Hashimite family; on the other side, in a form of late kufic, "Illustrious Al-Malik al-Zahir Mahmud al-Khurazmi (?) with the kunya of Bars-Khalq (?) year AH 565/ AD 1169-70"; and "There is no youth [as brave as] 'Ali"; one section of the inscriptions is not fully deciphered.

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An interesting Ottoman Sword inscribed with the name of the Hashemite ruler of Transjordan 'Abdallah I (r. 1921-46) (2)