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I have been puzzled by the remarkable similarity between the pommels of Saudi jambiya (often called Wahhabi jambiya) and Tuareg Telek
http://forums.swordforum.com/showthr...oto=nextnewest and http://www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=605 (Hope I am not violating any rules posting other peoples' pics as illustrations) The pommels are very idiosyncratic. I remember the assertion of "Christian" motives in the construction of Telek's pommel and Artzi mentions it as well. But Saudi?? Is it a coincidence? Just a peculiar idea occuring in two cultures independently? Or was there a common link between West Arabia and Tuareg tribes? |
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