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Old 9th October 2006, 03:30 PM   #11
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Number 2?
It looks like a classic Moroccan Nimcha with 3 down-turned quillons and the fourth one forming a knuckleguard.
Some South Arabian swords had pommels resembling " Nimcha's" ( likely, an influence from Zanzibar), but I am unaware of this pattern penetrating deeper to the East.
There were large Arab colonies in S. India and Arab traders went as far as Indonesia ( Sindbad must have gone there on a weekly basis )
We know about European and Indian influences on SEA swords. Are there any examples of Arab motives ? Inscriptions do not count: they are examples of religious Islamic influence rather than ethnographic Arabian influence.
I'll start: Indonesian Jambiya and Indian Haladie
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