South Arabian spears

kahnjar1 · 28th November 2018, 04:44 AM

Hi Colin,
Interesting items indeed. Are you able to provide provenance linking these firmly to Arabia?
There is a short chapter in Elgoods's Arms and Armour of Arabia dealing with Lances and Spears, but the suggestion there is that the length of these is a good deal more than those illustrated in your Post (Quote "at least 12ft long). I have seen somewhere in a book, a pic of Arabian spears but for now I can not locate it. Mention of Arabian spears in general seems very sparce.
Nice items........
Stu

kronckew · 28th November 2018, 10:00 AM

Thread here at http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...5&page=2&pp=30 regarding arabian lances/spears. Looks like they had rather long lances, but also shorter spears for throwing.

Here's a new one showing arms inside the Fort Masmak at Riyadh, and some spearheads at the King Faisal Centre.

kronckew · 28th November 2018, 10:09 AM

for interest: the capture of the fort by King AbdulAziz in the early 20c., note the spear stuck in the main door frame. they threw it just as the door closed. The tip is still in the door frame.

28th November 2018, 04:44 AM	#1
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,730	Hi Colin, Interesting items indeed. Are you able to provide provenance linking these firmly to Arabia? There is a short chapter in Elgoods's Arms and Armour of Arabia dealing with Lances and Spears, but the suggestion there is that the length of these is a good deal more than those illustrated in your Post (Quote "at least 12ft long). I have seen somewhere in a book, a pic of Arabian spears but for now I can not locate it. Mention of Arabian spears in general seems very sparce. Nice items........ Stu Last edited by kahnjar1; 28th November 2018 at 07:48 AM.

28th November 2018, 10:00 AM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,152	Thread here at http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...5&page=2&pp=30 regarding arabian lances/spears. Looks like they had rather long lances, but also shorter spears for throwing. Here's a new one showing arms inside the Fort Masmak at Riyadh, and some spearheads at the King Faisal Centre. Attached Images

28th November 2018, 10:09 AM	#3
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,152	for interest: the capture of the fort by King AbdulAziz in the early 20c., note the spear stuck in the main door frame. they threw it just as the door closed. The tip is still in the door frame. Attached Images