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Old 21st June 2007, 11:24 AM   #3
Zifir
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Originally Posted by ariel
Quite some time ago, a Turkish sword was discussed on this Forum.
A comment was made that it was in fact of Armenian manufacture, from Istanbul.
This prompted a rather sarcastic remark of " Armenian? In Istanbul?"-type.
Well, here is another one, unequvocally Turkish with the name of Armenian master or distributor.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...6245&rd=1&rd=1
Armenians were THE artisans of both Ottoman and Persian Empires and the main force in the Russian Caucasus as well.
Nationalism is a type of illness which also causes memory loss..
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