Indo-persian bow?

Tawfiq · Post by **Tawfiq** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:13 am

I hope Daryush this just a little bit better. I was unable to get rid completely of the glare, I am not very good at picture tacking.

I agree the penmanship is awfull, the maker of the bow as probably illiterate, no need to read and write to make a bow then......

daryush · Post by **daryush** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:51 pm

Here's what I'm seeing:
وازنا یاشنسی

Here is it handwritten (roughly):

You're right, it is just bad handwriting.

The words don't make any sense to me, and I'm not even sure how best to pronounce it (as most vowels in the Arabic script aren't marked). "vaaznaa yaa shansi" - ?

Probably the bowyer's name?

Do you know whereabouts in India it was from?

EDIT: the first set of characters after the yellow line (reading R->L) is a tricky set. I've assumed it's a "yaa," although it could just as easily be a "r*aa" (the * is unknown - the horizontal wavy line doesn't make a great deal of sense!).

Here are two other things it could be:

ر مرا
رعا

?

PjSingh · Post by **PjSingh** » Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:47 pm

I believe it is farcee,not arabic,I could be wrong though.

hcspng · Post by **hcspng** » Sun Nov 20, 2011 2:26 pm

it seems to be in Farsi alphabet but not in Farsi language from right to left it is Darta/Varta (دارتا/وارتا) but i need more pics for the other.

jack farrell · Post by **jack farrell** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 7:49 pm

Tawfiq; Why not rotate the bow so Daryush can see the upper part of the tip?

Kyudohund · Post by **Kyudohund** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 10:40 am

hi Tawfiq,

something completely different: are the Yumis and Yas part of your collection, or do you practice Kyudo?

Peter

Tawfiq · Post by **Tawfiq** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 10:57 pm

daryush wrote:Tawfiq, would you mind posting a larger / higher resolution picture of the writing?

Right now there's a patch of light shining over one of the letters, and I can't quite make out some of it (it looks like either the Diwani calligraphic style, or not-so-great penmanship). Maybe a better picture might help.

sorry late, traveling. One more try with picture of the signature.........I think it is still not readable.

Tawfiq · Post by **Tawfiq** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:27 pm

Kyudohund wrote:hi Tawfiq,

something completely different: are the Yumis and Yas part of your collection, or do you practice Kyudo?

Peter

Hi Peter,
Yes Kyudo is where it all started with bows while living in Japan in 1972-73. But unfortunately no Dojo in Madrid just a regular archery field so I end up using any one of three Yumis just like any of other bow (quite a blasphemy, but that is the way things are).

Aside I do have an antic lacquered Yumi and arrows as you can see in the attachment.

Kyudohund · Post by **Kyudohund** » Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:33 am

hello Tawfiq,

thanx for posting! nice Shigeto with beautiful shape!

Peter

Indo-persian bow?

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