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Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi
The Musandam Axe. The Jerrs Axe.
What is this strange Northern Enclave at the Straits of Hormuz separated from Oman proper and peopled by a seemingly different tribal group...amongst others, the "Shehuh"...giving us The Shehi work-knife as well as the topic weapon ...The Musandam Axe or Jerrs ?
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.
Note; Pictured below the main map and examples of Jerrs Axe heads from Richardson and Dorr. The Oman Cultural Foundation Volumes on Omani Artefacts. 
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Salaams all and a note to library on a point just discovered whilst reading ...
The word Gurz was Persian for mace .... This would appear to be the root of the Mussandam word for their axe....Jerrs.... see
http://archive.org/stream/CloseComba...eriod_djvu.txt by SHIHAB AL-SARRA1-
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.