mamluk khanjar ??

[Rivkin]

Dear All,

Recently reading David Nicolle's translation of Farisiyya books, I've found that one extremely important weapon, Mamluk khanjar is constantly referred to, and even more is said to " The khanjar should never be left behind", but in the same time this weapon is completely missing from the sword books I have and from all the many modern statues and depictions of mamluks (example attached). From the text is seems that mamluk khanjar was primary a stabbing weapon, basically a short sword (from the description it seems to be longer than an ordinary dagger), that could even be thrown at short distances.

This is completely inconsistent with jambia and all other similar things, but it's quite consistent with kindjals (circassians indeed used to throw their kindjals). It's also consistent with some central asian kindjal-like daggers.

Could you someone please help me - are there any photographs etc. of mamluks khanjars ? Are they indeed kindjals ?

Sincerely yours,

Kirill Rivkin