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Originally Posted by Kubur
i'm sorry I wanted to say SYRIAN (not Turkish)
but the yataghan is Greek of course
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Kuber, thanks for digging this up. The style of the pala scabbard from the link you posted and the yatagan scabbard being discussed are very similar, on the pictures posted below you will notice the scabbard tip with has a small bridge to protect the chape. Both the pala and yatagan chapes have this feature as well as another pala which is posted below as well. So were Syrian artists actively doing this type of work on Ottoman sword scabbards without being credited for it?