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Originally Posted by Conogre
Yannis, before I forget, I believe the type of suspension cord arrangement that you are referring to is called a "baldric".
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Conogre. Thank you for the term. I hope I will not forget it. You can see the way they wear this baldric in a famous greek painting below.
Also you can see a scabbard like this from a greek collection. The blade is ottoman.
Finally, once again I say that Ariel's blade is not Persian but Ottoman. I have one almost the same, with same guard and almost same hilt, but more plain scabbard. Unfortunatly I cannot post picture now.
I have never seen a proven Persian kilij of this type (sort and wide blade).