Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Jamdhar katari

Mercenary · 23rd February 2019, 04:26 PM

This term was used for different kind of weapon because in meant just "to cut" (as a rule for a straight item). Ibn Batuta in fact described jamdhar, but with the blade two cubits long (one metr?). May be it was proto-pata?

23rd February 2019, 04:26 PM	#147
Mercenary Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 421	This term was used for different kind of weapon because in meant just "to cut" (as a rule for a straight item). Ibn Batuta in fact described jamdhar, but with the blade two cubits long (one metr?). May be it was proto-pata?