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4th October 2006, 04:17 PM
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Kindjal -translation needed
Hello Everybody!
I`d greatly appreciate help in translation of Arabic (?) sentence from this kindjal. Dagger is relatively small while only 295 mm in overall. Thank You in advance for any help! 
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4th October 2006, 08:21 PM
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This Kindjal looks Turkish.
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4th October 2006, 08:30 PM
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100% trabzonian
, the signature "amale" (made by), than name... man, I should have learned arabic.
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5th October 2006, 07:32 AM
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could be turkish...but to me blade and handle looks like caucasian style
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5th October 2006, 03:50 PM
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Kindjal is an inherently Caucasian weapon and was adopted by many other societies that had or hired Caucasians (with their weapons, of course) as fighters. NE Turkey is almost "Caucasus" and we have already discussed Laz and Minghrelians. When we say "Caucasian kindjal" we usually refer to the true Caucasus: Circassia, Ossetia, Georgia, Daghestan with a touch of Armenia and Azerbajan ( simply beacause the latter two are not as well defined or studied). Yours is a classic Turkish one. Nothing bad about it, but it is not Caucasian proper. |
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5th October 2006, 04:12 PM
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I agree completely with Ariel and Rivkin. A sweet trabzon piece, you should be happy with it.
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