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Originally Posted by Miguel
Hi everyone,
I would like to pose the following questions.
1-When is a kindjal a Quama or Quaddara or vice versa ?
2- How can you tell the country of origin ?
3- Why do some blades have a flat diamond section devoid of fillers while, what appears to be the majority, have a deep central fuller on both sides ?
The reason for the questions is that I have a number of these weapons which I am hoping to research.
Regards
Miguel
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Miquel, Dr. Manouchehr Moshtagh Khorasani says this.
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In the West there is a controversy regarding the terminology. Some people call single-edged Kinjals or Qamma and to the big double-edged Kinjals Qaddara.
Please note in Iran they call double edged ones Qammas and they come with or without fullers and single edged ones Qaddara. The teminology is very very consistent in Iran everwhere I went the same one.
Labadonsky entertains the notion that Qamma comes from Akenakes, in Iran people say the same as well!
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