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Known there as a Qolxad (?) (wiki link)
metal work looks like tarnished silver or brass, double fullers. seen service & has appropriate dings. listed as 19c. Vendors description: Wahabite jambiya, mid-19th century, nomadic Banai Quran tribes, used also by the Shar and Malik warriors of the desert dunes. (The weapon is also referred to as a “Dharia” or sometimes a “Malsa”) The knife is 50 cm (2 ft.), blade is about 36 cm long (14 in.) Looks like one a step up from bluelander's one HERE And a step down from the one he mentioned which is HERE Have not seen the Yemeni attribution before, is this accurate? how can we tell whether it's Yemeni/Somali/Ethiopian? I see Somalis wear them on their right side, drawing it must be interesting, reminiscent of a khukuri... Thanks for any comments. |
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Nothing whatsoever to do with Wahabite. Vendors description is way off IMHO. This is an Ethiopian Gile.
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I agree 100% with Kahnjar1. I had one once and it was nearly identical.
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The gile is generally attributed to the Afar people from the horn of Africa. According to Wikipedia:
"The Afar principally reside in the Danakil Desert in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, as well as in Eritrea and Djibouti. They number 1,276,867 people in Ethiopia (or 1.73% of the total population), of whom 105,551 are urban inhabitants, according to the most recent census (2007 ). The Afar make up over a third of the population of Djibouti, and are one of the nine recognized ethnic divisions (kililoch) of Ethiopia."It's unclear whether the Afar are also in Yemen. I have never heard of the gile being referred to as a Yemeni jambiya. Ian. |
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wiki is wrong then HERE ...as is frequently the case. ![]() Last edited by kronckew; 7th July 2018 at 08:14 AM. |
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