"Mad Mahdi" Dagger

Aurangzeb · 25th March 2005, 11:49 PM

Hi Rick!

Thanks for ansering my question.Thank god you told me this before I had time to experiment!

Just kidding I am so paranoid about damaging any of my daggers I chould never experiment on them!

Upon closer inspection of the blade I found that the engraving is barely worn,it was just an optical illusion from slight pitting and bad lighting in the room.

Thanks for the help!

P.S.-how do you spell the name of that Uzbekistan dagger that looks like a meat cleaver,I ask because I know some guy's going to Uzbekistan for a while and am going to tell them to look for one?

Rick · 26th March 2005, 01:52 AM

Well a dagger is for stabbing and a meat cleaver is for chopping so I'm not sure what weapon you are referring to .

Aurangzeb · 26th March 2005, 01:59 AM

Hi Rick!

The type of dagger i'm reffering too isfor chopping,I have heard that many daggers of this type were made after the soviet union broke up in 1990 or 91.
The sheath usually swallows up some of the handle and a few were on Ebay a while ago.Hopefully what I have attempted to describe will help.I have no clue what the type is called or spelled.

Rick · 26th March 2005, 02:11 AM

Ahh , a kindjal or a qama perhaps ?

Aurangzeb · 26th March 2005, 03:54 AM

Hi rick!

I think it is a kindjal,I just chould not think of the name of it and it was bugging me!

Freddy · 27th March 2005, 04:52 PM

Hi Mark,

If you are interested in the history of the Sudan, especially the period of the Mahdi and afterwards, you should try to find this book :

- KARARI -
The Sudanese Account of the Battle of Omdurman

by Ismat Hasan Zulfo (1980)
(translated from the Arabic by Peter Clark)

ISBN : 0 7232 2677 6 5 (hard cover) or 0 7232 2499 4 (paperback)

This books tells the story of the battle of Omdurman and everything preceding it, from the view of the Sudanese. Most book on this topic are written by European writers using European (British) sources. This book gives a new perspective to the story. Really interesting.

Freddy

tom hyle · 27th March 2005, 08:51 PM

In answer to your question, in Sudan are numbers of people known as Arabs, and of Arabian descent, who to N Americans seem to be black Africans; thus we see this is somewhat a cultural/linguistic distinction; the construct of race, while having some validity, is a construct, and not one that exists or is prominant in all cultures. This helps to confuse matters when the N American newsmedia refer to the black Arabs as Arabs and the black Chrisitians and animists as black.

25th March 2005, 11:49 PM	#1
Aurangzeb Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 306	Thanks Hi Rick! Thanks for ansering my question.Thank god you told me this before I had time to experiment! Just kidding I am so paranoid about damaging any of my daggers I chould never experiment on them! Upon closer inspection of the blade I found that the engraving is barely worn,it was just an optical illusion from slight pitting and bad lighting in the room. Thanks for the help! P.S.-how do you spell the name of that Uzbekistan dagger that looks like a meat cleaver,I ask because I know some guy's going to Uzbekistan for a while and am going to tell them to look for one? Last edited by Aurangzeb; 25th March 2005 at 11:59 PM. Reason: Forgot somthing

26th March 2005, 01:59 AM	#3
Aurangzeb Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 306	chopper Hi Rick! The type of dagger i'm reffering too isfor chopping,I have heard that many daggers of this type were made after the soviet union broke up in 1990 or 91. The sheath usually swallows up some of the handle and a few were on Ebay a while ago.Hopefully what I have attempted to describe will help.I have no clue what the type is called or spelled.

26th March 2005, 03:54 AM	#5
Aurangzeb Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 306	thats it! Hi rick! I think it is a kindjal,I just chould not think of the name of it and it was bugging me! Last edited by Aurangzeb; 26th March 2005 at 01:10 PM. Reason: typo

27th March 2005, 04:52 PM	#6
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	Interesting book Hi Mark, If you are interested in the history of the Sudan, especially the period of the Mahdi and afterwards, you should try to find this book : - KARARI - The Sudanese Account of the Battle of Omdurman by Ismat Hasan Zulfo (1980) (translated from the Arabic by Peter Clark) ISBN : 0 7232 2677 6 5 (hard cover) or 0 7232 2499 4 (paperback) This books tells the story of the battle of Omdurman and everything preceding it, from the view of the Sudanese. Most book on this topic are written by European writers using European (British) sources. This book gives a new perspective to the story. Really interesting. Freddy Last edited by Freddy; 27th March 2005 at 04:54 PM. Reason: 'book' has to be 'books'

26th March 2005, 01:52 AM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,347	Well a dagger is for stabbing and a meat cleaver is for chopping so I'm not sure what weapon you are referring to .

26th March 2005, 02:11 AM	#4
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,347	Ahh , a kindjal or a qama perhaps ?

27th March 2005, 08:51 PM	#7
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	In answer to your question, in Sudan are numbers of people known as Arabs, and of Arabian descent, who to N Americans seem to be black Africans; thus we see this is somewhat a cultural/linguistic distinction; the construct of race, while having some validity, is a construct, and not one that exists or is prominant in all cultures. This helps to confuse matters when the N American newsmedia refer to the black Arabs as Arabs and the black Chrisitians and animists as black.