Lot Essay
The inscription along the blade reads:
'hadha huam mu'atara hirz sultan Sulayman b. Selim Allah yufazir ladhfar ya'tihu al-zafar'
Nearer the hilt the upper inscription translates 'The work of Hajji Murad [b.] Khushqadam
Below that the roundels with kufic contains the profession of faith surmounted by the naskh invocations 'O God' O Muhammad'.
Beneath the shahada is contained in a roundel.
The cartouche at the base is surmounted by an inscription panel mentioning one of the attributes of God.
The spine has the amuletic word 'baduh' repeated seven times.
The maker Hajji Murad b. Khushqadam was active during the reign of Sultan Sulayman the Magnificent (see Mayer, L.A.: Islamic Armourers and their Works, Geneva, 1962, pp.64-65). His signature can be found on two objects, a scimitar in the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo (Inv. no. 3647) and a sabre in the Museum für Deutsche Geschichte (Mayer, L.A.: op. cit., pl.XVI).
'hadha huam mu'atara hirz sultan Sulayman b. Selim Allah yufazir ladhfar ya'tihu al-zafar'
Nearer the hilt the upper inscription translates 'The work of Hajji Murad [b.] Khushqadam
Below that the roundels with kufic contains the profession of faith surmounted by the naskh invocations 'O God' O Muhammad'.
Beneath the shahada is contained in a roundel.
The cartouche at the base is surmounted by an inscription panel mentioning one of the attributes of God.
The spine has the amuletic word 'baduh' repeated seven times.
The maker Hajji Murad b. Khushqadam was active during the reign of Sultan Sulayman the Magnificent (see Mayer, L.A.: Islamic Armourers and their Works, Geneva, 1962, pp.64-65). His signature can be found on two objects, a scimitar in the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo (Inv. no. 3647) and a sabre in the Museum für Deutsche Geschichte (Mayer, L.A.: op. cit., pl.XVI).