My Jambiya [need help]

[Devadatta]

This person is shown at yemeni 50 rial banknote

Actually I saw somewhere at the web a very good photo of this statue with dagger very well seen. But I don't remember the source

You can see something at the left side of his belt reminding of a dagger



But it's shown much better at the original statue

[lindylars]

Originally Posted by Devadatta

Actually I saw somewhere at the web a very good photo of this statue with dagger very well seen. But I don't remember the source

Are we talking about the 200 riyal note?

[Alvaro]

wow THANKS ALOT My history teacher will be amazed.
but which one is the statue the americans found in 1950's ? the one from the 50rial banknote or from the 200 rial?

[Devadatta]

Hmmm...

So who must be the man shown at 50 YMR banknote? He also has a dagger...Strange - I was sure that's Ma'adkarib (and search-engine actually thinks the same)

[Alvaro]

in my opinion the man on the 200 YER banknote doesn't really look like a statue.
Anyway, I've got another question
is the Jambiya unique to Jemen, or is it used in other countries as well?

[Devadatta]

Well, the same forms can be found in all regions of Arabic peninsula and in other countries which were influensed by Arabs. In most western sources all such daggers are called jambiya, however they have their own regional differences and in most cases they have local names (for example, Omanian traditional dagger is called khanjar, and even though it looks very similar to Yemeni, still there are certain differences which allow to bring it to a separate category).

[Alvaro]

Thanks for the quick reply youre posts are very useful to me

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by Devadatta

Well, the same forms can be found in all regions of Arabic peninsula and in other countries which were influensed by Arabs. In most western sources all such daggers are called jambiya, however they have their own regional differences and in most cases they have local names (for example, Omanian traditional dagger is called khanjar, and even though it looks very similar to Yemeni, still there are certain differences which allow to bring it to a separate category).

Some pics of the various types herewith for comparison with the Meccan style.
Shown are: 3 different Omani Khanjar, Jizan, Tehama
As you can see that while there is a distinct similarity, there are subtle differences.