Old syrian (Golan) Jambiya/Khanjar.

Athanase · 18th September 2016, 02:45 PM

Ok, thank you.

motan · 18th September 2016, 03:01 PM

Hi again. I am not 100% sure on the subject, but jambiya (from jambi - at my side) is a term often used for many daggers from the middle east by collectors, but as far as I know, only used by locals in Yemen and perhaps some adjacent areas in the Arabian peninsula like Nejd. Khanjar is a more generic Arabic term for dagger and is used widely-in fact for every dagger except those which have a specific name like kinjal, koummiya or shibriya. Therefore, your dagger is certainly a khanjar and is refered to as such by locals in Syria.

broadaxe · 18th September 2016, 04:49 PM

It's a khanjar (=dagger, Arabic). Jambiya is a term strictly used in the Arabia peninsula.
Majdal Shams = originally from Aramaic, Magdal Shamsha 'Tower of the Sun'. It is a remote, rural village (today, a town) settled on the high slopes of mount Hermon, thus having Alpine weather terms. It has been under the jurisdiction of Israel since 1967. Physically it is not a part of the Golan Heights. Several khanjar makers were recorded there, including one famous Family, Kadamany. Last makers were still operative by the early 1970's. Today the population is almost 100% Druze, in the past there were also Christians and Alawites.

Athanase · 19th September 2016, 11:00 AM

Thank you for hall your information.

18th September 2016, 03:01 PM	#2
motan Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Jerusalem Posts: 274	Jambiya vs. khanjar Hi again. I am not 100% sure on the subject, but jambiya (from jambi - at my side) is a term often used for many daggers from the middle east by collectors, but as far as I know, only used by locals in Yemen and perhaps some adjacent areas in the Arabian peninsula like Nejd. Khanjar is a more generic Arabic term for dagger and is used widely-in fact for every dagger except those which have a specific name like kinjal, koummiya or shibriya. Therefore, your dagger is certainly a khanjar and is refered to as such by locals in Syria.

18th September 2016, 02:45 PM	#1
Athanase Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 420	Ok, thank you.

18th September 2016, 04:49 PM	#3
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 334	It's a khanjar (=dagger, Arabic). Jambiya is a term strictly used in the Arabia peninsula. Majdal Shams = originally from Aramaic, Magdal Shamsha 'Tower of the Sun'. It is a remote, rural village (today, a town) settled on the high slopes of mount Hermon, thus having Alpine weather terms. It has been under the jurisdiction of Israel since 1967. Physically it is not a part of the Golan Heights. Several khanjar makers were recorded there, including one famous Family, Kadamany. Last makers were still operative by the early 1970's. Today the population is almost 100% Druze, in the past there were also Christians and Alawites.

19th September 2016, 11:00 AM	#4
Athanase Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Paris (France) Posts: 420	Thank you for hall your information.