Saber, Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Hamati (execution), Damascus, 1608-1809. Blade iron, forged, engraved and gilded; cross and pommel gilded iron, covered with velvet handle. 96.7 cm Blade length 83.7 cm Weight 882 g. Y 0082. Armoury. © Dresden State Art Collections 2013

Equal in many ways represents the saber under the holdings of the Turkish Chamber a special dar. While most of the Orientalica the Dresden Armory of the possible information of a piece (Master, dating, localization, client and provenance), only a few can boast that provide inscriptions on the blade of this sword or the inventory records almost all the information in question. The sword blade was therefore in the Citadel of Damascus by the hands of a master derived from Hama. The client was obviously Sultan Osman II (1618-1622). Only one possible spelling errors of the blade smith questions this: While the blade inscription Osman called the son of Mehmed, in fact, Sultan Ahmed I the father of Sultan Osman was but II Both names differ in Arabic only in a letter, what a mistake makes quite conceivable. The dating of the blade is unfortunately not unique. To read the otherwise unusual formula "in Allah" and the number 17, where it could be again a clerical error. Assuming that 27 is instead meant was probably the year 1027 of the Muslim era meant (ie, 29 12 1617 to 18 12, 1618), which would coincide with the beginning of the reign of Sultan Osman II. Exceptional in this saber is that he was demonstrably manufactured in Damascus, one of the most oriental swords forged centers.