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Sword with scabbard
DAGGER (JAMBIYA ?)
Yataghan from the Court of Suleyman the Magnificent
Ear Dagger
Dagger, Eared
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Inscription: (on acanthus-shaped chape: mark of Turkish silver-smith) Inscriptions: a) topline (Ottoman Turkish "I asked for water from your dagger-wielder if you would drink but one it will run (appear) from your side") b) lower line (Persian "If I thirst his dagger is not laid down (does not descend) by my bloody desire no water will pass through this throat".) To Cornell Fleischer September 1980
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