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Old 3rd May 2011, 10:45 AM   #28
ALEX
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Originally Posted by Henk
I have to agree with Dom.

I also visited the Topkapi palace and enjoyed the exposition and the wonderfull weapons. But those who put up the exposition had a great imagination in my opinion.
Very true. I recently visited Istanbul Military Museum and saw many examples of this, such as shamshir with a common "Velayet Shah Abbas/Amel AssadUllah" cartouche, described as "personal sword of Shah Abbas himself". What's more, there is a small collection of Yemeni jambiyas, all identified as Ottoman weapons. Naturally, the purpose of most museums is to impress the tourists:-)
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