Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Tulwar with serrated and bifurcated blade

CharlesS · 21st June 2011, 06:22 PM

Jim,

I believe the bifurcated blade is associated with Muslim hero(especially for the Shia)Ali more than Mohammed, though according to tradition it was given to Ali by Mohammed. The style has, in fact, become a symbol of Shia Islam and the Imam Ali even today.

21st June 2011, 06:22 PM	#6
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,855	Jim, I believe the bifurcated blade is associated with Muslim hero(especially for the Shia)Ali more than Mohammed, though according to tradition it was given to Ali by Mohammed. The style has, in fact, become a symbol of Shia Islam and the Imam Ali even today.