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Old 29th February 2012, 05:15 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Salaams Khanjar 1... I would have thought you would be in favour of having the right Omani nomenclature for Omani Swords... not the wrong one.
Regards Ibrahiim al Balooshi.
............ and the fish bit hard! Its like calling those long daggers from Western KSA "wahabite" when in fact they have a proper name. I think you have convinced us that the straight sword is called Sayf/Saif and the curved one Kattara.
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