A Sword (Shamshir) with Watered-steel Blade Signed Misri Mu'allim, Persia, 17th Century, with Later Hilt and Silver Scabbard, Turkey, 20th Century

the fine watered steel blade punched with inscription in gold, the later silver and horn hilt and silver scabbard chased and engraved with flowers and leaves, two rings for suspension, stamped on the scabbard in a kind of tughra 'Abd al-Razzaq Maridan

overall in fine condition, some loss of gold inlay to signature, later hilt and scabbard, as viewed
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inscriptions
amal-e misri mu'allim

'Work of Misri, the master'

A sabre with the signature of Mu'allim Misri is mentioned by Pinchot (2002:8). Meyer (1962:51) calls him Mu'allim Misri and suggests that he is probably the same person as Mohammad al-Misri. He made four other recorded shamshirs: one is in the Prince of Wales Museum, Bombay, another in the Military Museum, Tehran, and another two signed with his name are in the Historisches Museum, Bern (see Khorasani, M. M., Arms and Armor from Iran, The Bronze Age to the End of the Qajar Period, Tübingen, 2006, p.177, and cat.80)