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Originally Posted by kahnjar1
....interesting but the subject here is the Jambiya. The jewellery is covered in a seperate thread....not this one.
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Salaams I am illustrating a book and attaching it so that
the Forum may be better informed... no?
If during research people can view the decoration on silver Arab jewelery with an open mind they may suddenly realise what is the importance of unrelated objects such as textiles, rugs, tribal jewelery etc to Arab weapons design...
Some people get so good at this they can pinpoint an actual maker or a region from which a design originates. On the other hand the less well informed may simply wish to view an object in a goldfish bowl of isolated exclusion but Forum quality demands the former study and we all strive for that...
An old school motto springs to mind
"e ferro ferrum et temperatum" and as we are all learners it translates nicely as ~ From out of Iron.. Commeth Steel ~
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.