Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
9th July 2022, 04:54 AM
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Expertise by definition requires full-time...
Expertise by definition requires full-time involvement, professional education, vast knowledge, experience and stellar track record. Anything less than that defines an amateur.
Neither I nor you (...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th July 2022, 09:53 PM
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Don’t we exaggerate the anti-iconic customs of...
Don’t we exaggerate the anti-iconic customs of Shia and Sunni?
Both Turkish Sultans and Persian Shahs invited European artists to have their portrais painted , Iranians had their khanjars with...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th July 2022, 04:13 PM
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Re. Your penultimate post.
In the list on top...
Re. Your penultimate post.
In the list on top of it, points 1,2,and 3 are correct.
But to call Qutb Quli Shah a “ peasant” would be a slight exaggeration.
Overall, this list is ‘true, true and...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th July 2022, 11:10 PM
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Mercenary,
You are correct: I used a...
Mercenary,
You are correct: I used a stenographic style to cite your text, and just wrote about simply contacts vs. cultural influence. Can you support your assertion with some evidence? IMHO, it...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th July 2022, 12:00 PM
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Ren Ren,
I am a bit flabbergasted by your...
Ren Ren,
I am a bit flabbergasted by your comments.
First, I never claimed that Zheng He's trips were the source of Chinese swords entering India. It was simply in response to Mercenary's...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th July 2022, 11:45 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2022, 04:31 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2022, 01:08 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2022, 04:54 AM
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Viking age ended in 11 century. The earlier...
Viking age ended in 11 century. The earlier origin of “Varangian” sword are irrelevant to our discussion. What counts is an incontrovertible fact that it was Vikings ( Normans, Norsemen, Varangians ,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2022, 03:46 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th July 2022, 03:40 AM
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I had to go to a big review by Sally Church...
I had to go to a big review by Sally Church doi:10.2307/40727457.
She discusses the plausibility of the claim that Zheng He’s flotilla contained 450 feet long trade ships.
Everything is based on...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st July 2022, 01:12 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
1st July 2022, 12:56 AM
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I am not changing the subject: it was you who...
I am not changing the subject: it was you who mentioned “Russian” swords of 13 century. I just clarified that while we can legitimately speak of swords manufactured in Russia after ~ 15-16 century,...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th June 2022, 03:22 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th June 2022, 11:35 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
28th June 2022, 11:44 AM
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Just to put a cherry on top, see Elgood’s ...
Just to put a cherry on top, see Elgood’s chapter on European swords in Deccan( “Sultans of the South” p.218).
On p.223 he cites Simon Digby that evidence by Fakr-i- Mudabbir in in Delhi early...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th June 2022, 05:35 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th June 2022, 10:09 AM
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That's strange...
Are we to believe that...
That's strange...
Are we to believe that Chinese influences jumped over India (despite having direct border and multiple maritime exploits) to Iran and only then,- from Iran, and only in the XVI...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
10th June 2022, 09:05 PM
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Deccan tulwar
Usually, there is a major difficulty to attribute bladed weapons to Deccan Sultanates.
But here is an unquestionably Deccani tulwar, also sold by Czerny's for 3400 euro + the usual 30% fee etc.
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