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ariel · 3rd January 2022, 04:34 AM

I am not surprized at all by the appearance of wire stirch on the scabbards of Bedouin Sabers.
This stitch was endemic all over the Ottoman Empire. Sinai and Negev, the origins of those sabers, were included in the Ottomans borders until 1918.
We see such stitch on the scabbards from Syria, Iraq , Aravia etc. Thus, it presence on the scabbards from Sinai and Negev is almost expected.

I did not know about such stitch in Kazan, but its active trade with Crimean Khanate ( vassal state of the Ottoman Empire), and, likely, directly with the Ottomans may explain it. That likely continued even after 1552, when Kazan fell to Ivan The Terrible who slaughtered ~110,000 of its inhabitants, and the entire Kazan Khanate became part of Russian Empire.

3rd January 2022, 04:34 AM	#10
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I am not surprized at all by the appearance of wire stirch on the scabbards of Bedouin Sabers. This stitch was endemic all over the Ottoman Empire. Sinai and Negev, the origins of those sabers, were included in the Ottomans borders until 1918. We see such stitch on the scabbards from Syria, Iraq , Aravia etc. Thus, it presence on the scabbards from Sinai and Negev is almost expected. I did not know about such stitch in Kazan, but its active trade with Crimean Khanate ( vassal state of the Ottoman Empire), and, likely, directly with the Ottomans may explain it. That likely continued even after 1552, when Kazan fell to Ivan The Terrible who slaughtered ~110,000 of its inhabitants, and the entire Kazan Khanate became part of Russian Empire. Last edited by ariel; 3rd January 2022 at 09:00 AM.