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8th November 2009, 10:49 PM
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According to Yucel, there are no surviving Ottoman swords earlier than Sultan Mehmet's era ( ~15th century). Thus, we do not actually know what kind of swords Seljuk and early Ottoman Turks used. Apparently, the Hermitage had the answer all the time, but kept strangely silent.
Khan Uzbek converted the Golden Horde to Islam, and the Mongol tribe down south named itself after him: Uzbekistan. |
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