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Old 10th October 2017, 05:31 AM   #13
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Originally Posted by Battara
I wonder if one is tribal term (i.e. Berber) and the other Arabic.
....or is it another term generated by collectors to describe a particular item? Other examples are "Wahabite" for the long dagger found in Western Arabia, and "kattara" to refer to the straight Omani sword.
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