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18th May 2018, 04:44 AM | #1 |
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Battara,
Plenty of Arabs and old Arab connections with NW India: Kutch, Hyderabad , Baluchstan. They came mainly from Yemen (Hadhramis) and what is now Saudi Arabia / Oman ( Hejazis), both being Janbia neighborhoods. There are 2 Hyderabads : South Indian and Pakistani one in the Sindh province. Omani Sultanate even owned part of Baluchistan till 1950s and there is a sizable Baluch community in Oman. There was a thread here on peculiar saber handles from Baluchistan, a mix of Indo-Persian and Omani traditions. I think this janbia is from that area, and Kutch sounds very believable. |
19th May 2018, 12:21 AM | #2 |
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Thanks for the information, Ariel!
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Just look at other weapons, axes for example, the ones in the Sindh are very different from those of the Kutch... I vote for Kutch. |
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30th June 2018, 04:25 AM | #4 |
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HI YOUR JAMBIYA IS DEFINATELY FROM BHUJ IN KUTCH,WHICH HAD THE BEST SILVERSMITHS ,ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN WAS OM ,OMASJEE MAVJEE
BEST REGARDS RAJESH |
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