Yemeni Wahabi Gile or Qolxad?

[kronckew]

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.

[kronckew]

more:

[kahnjar1]

Nothing whatsoever to do with Wahabite. Vendors description is way off IMHO. This is an Ethiopian Gile.
Stu

[Battara]

I agree 100% with Kahnjar1. I had one once and it was nearly identical.

[Ian]

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.

[kronckew]

Originally Posted by Ian

...have never heard of the gile being referred to as a Yemeni jambiya.

Ian.

wiki is wrong then HERE ...as is frequently the case.