Interesting 'Wahabite Jambiya' Ottoman Influence?

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Interesting 'Wahabite Jambiya' Ottoman Influence?

6th August 2011, 02:50 AM	#5
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,789	No. The blade is similar but its not the blade that the term Malsa applies to.... its the Hilt/scabbard. The particular blade type is BEYD. The scabbard looks more like a typical Indian type which may have had a velvet centre section......so Indo-Persian, rather than an Arabian Dharia with a "kindjal" hilt. Last edited by kahnjar1; 6th August 2011 at 04:33 AM.

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