OTTOMAN....What do we mean?

Kubur · 22nd November 2015, 09:31 PM

I agree with Ariel.
Ottoman is a very practical term to stay vague and to me much more cautious, than to pretend to know exactly where an object comes from.
If i'm sure of an origin for example, I will say Balkans or whatever, if I'm not sure, I will say Ottoman...
For Indo-Persian, I totally agree, it's too big and I don't like this vocabulary.
I guess for a lot of people, Indo-Persian means just a location: between modern days Pakistan and Afghanistan...
A lot of Persian influences in India probably pushed a lot of collectors to talk of Indo-Persians weapons. To me the opposite is not true, except few cases I haven't seen a lot of Indian weapons in Persia... I hope someone will understand what i'm trying to say...

22nd November 2015, 09:31 PM	#10
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	I agree with Ariel. Ottoman is a very practical term to stay vague and to me much more cautious, than to pretend to know exactly where an object comes from. If i'm sure of an origin for example, I will say Balkans or whatever, if I'm not sure, I will say Ottoman... For Indo-Persian, I totally agree, it's too big and I don't like this vocabulary. I guess for a lot of people, Indo-Persian means just a location: between modern days Pakistan and Afghanistan... A lot of Persian influences in India probably pushed a lot of collectors to talk of Indo-Persians weapons. To me the opposite is not true, except few cases I haven't seen a lot of Indian weapons in Persia... I hope someone will understand what i'm trying to say...