Kilij with square kufic inscriptions

ham · 11th August 2007, 10:36 PM

Your assumption is inaccurate, unfortunately. This too, is a 19th century rehilt as are many of the others displayed in various Turkish museums. The guard and pommel are Persian or Afghan work, and there is a strong tendency for grips on this type to be leather-covered wood.
The mounts of the swords of the Rightly Guided Ones, preserved in the Reliquary at Topkapi, are more or less all 16th century; they are a reasonably reliable reference for mounts of that period. See
Yucel, Unsal: Islamic Swords and Swordsmiths, Istanbul: IRCICA, 2001.

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11th August 2007, 10:36 PM	#11
ham Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 190	Your assumption is inaccurate, unfortunately. This too, is a 19th century rehilt as are many of the others displayed in various Turkish museums. The guard and pommel are Persian or Afghan work, and there is a strong tendency for grips on this type to be leather-covered wood. The mounts of the swords of the Rightly Guided Ones, preserved in the Reliquary at Topkapi, are more or less all 16th century; they are a reasonably reliable reference for mounts of that period. See Yucel, Unsal: Islamic Swords and Swordsmiths, Istanbul: IRCICA, 2001. Ham