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Ottoman Hancer for translation please
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Serdar is correct; not at all Balkan or former Yu area, not even to speak of Albania....
many sellers do make this mistake and others just take this over like this wrong example:
https://oriental-arms.com/home/906-o...ar-dagger.html
the style comes closer to Persian type khanjar / handzar / hancar, like in these examples:
https://www.mandarinmansion.com/glossary/khanjar
https://www.arms-armor-arts.com/en/c...rsian-khanjar/
https://www.arms-armor-arts.com/en/c...toman-khanjar/
https://www.spesbona-arms.com/produc...ttoman-khanjar
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/31853
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