Is there a manual for yatagans?

[Zifir]

Originally Posted by ariel

I once posted a thread here and nobody was interested.
Are you now?
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=2072
I think this is a fantastic story !!!!
But, perhaps, I am overenthusiastic..... decide for yourself.

This is indeed a very interesting piece of information. In fact, Selim I was said to order forced migration of one thousand artisans from Tabriz to Istanbul after its conquest. The reference to the Tekelu tribe is very interesting. I am not sure if there is any connection but there is another name used for yatagans in turkish: 'Varsak'; which is also the name of the one of the Kizilbash tribes which constituted Shah Ismail's federation.