Antique Ottoman Tribal Knife with Islamic Verse Inscribed Blade & Sheath c. 1910 For Sale

We are offering this great charismatic Ottoman dagger with its original leather sheath. It features a carbon steel blade etched on both sides with Arabic Islamic verses and is fitted with a bone handle with a Caucasian profile. The handle which is fairly roughly finished and the hand stitched leather sheath suggesting a tribal origin. The blade of the knife is 7 7/8" long and the handle is 4 3/4" long. The end of the full tang comes out of a bone cap on the handle. The knife does not appear to have been roughly used and is currently not sharply honed on the edges. Neither the knife nor the sheath have any notable damage. I believe the knife was made before the founding of modern Turkey c. 1910.
Stock number SA2D-185