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Kubur
16th May 2018, 10:30 AM
Hi Guys
A new arrival in the familly, is it from Kutch or Hyderabad???
Thanks
Miguel
17th May 2018, 07:01 PM
What a beauty, lucky you. I think it may be Kutch but I am no expert and would hope that that the more knowledgable members like Ibrahiim and Jens will tell us where it originates. Thanks for sharing.
Miguel
Kubur
17th May 2018, 11:13 PM
Thank you Miguel
I saw Kutch everywhere, only Oliver Pinchot wrote that they might be from South India...normally he is very reliable...so I don't know...
Kubur
17th May 2018, 11:14 PM
a last example...
silberschatzimsee
17th May 2018, 11:38 PM
i like that chiseled peacock!
Battara
17th May 2018, 11:45 PM
I too say south India due to the proximity to Arab trade routes.
ariel
18th May 2018, 04:44 AM
Battara,
Plenty of Arabs and old Arab connections with NW India: Kutch, Hyderabad , Baluchstan. They came mainly from Yemen (Hadhramis) and what is now Saudi Arabia / Oman ( Hejazis), both being Janbia neighborhoods. There are 2 Hyderabads : South Indian and Pakistani one in the Sindh province.
Omani Sultanate even owned part of Baluchistan till 1950s and there is a sizable Baluch community in Oman. There was a thread here on peculiar saber handles from Baluchistan, a mix of Indo-Persian and Omani traditions.
I think this janbia is from that area, and Kutch sounds very believable.
Battara
19th May 2018, 12:21 AM
Thanks for the information, Ariel! :)
Kubur
19th May 2018, 07:40 AM
I think this janbia is from that area, and Kutch sounds very believable.
This time I agree with Ariel.
Just look at other weapons, axes for example, the ones in the Sindh are very different from those of the Kutch... I vote for Kutch.
BANDOOK
30th June 2018, 04:25 AM
HI YOUR JAMBIYA IS DEFINATELY FROM BHUJ IN KUTCH,WHICH HAD THE BEST SILVERSMITHS ,ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN WAS OM ,OMASJEE MAVJEE
BEST REGARDS
RAJESH
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