Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Shamshir with serpentine blade

ariel · 4th February 2013, 01:22 PM

The handle is Ottoman, the scabbard has some Aravian influences ( akrab). I would tilt toward late Ottoman , when the Turks were still in control of the Arabian Peninsula: early to middle 19th century.

4th February 2013, 01:22 PM	#4
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	The handle is Ottoman, the scabbard has some Aravian influences ( akrab). I would tilt toward late Ottoman , when the Turks were still in control of the Arabian Peninsula: early to middle 19th century.