kaskara terminology

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by Iain

Hi Ibrahiim,

Well, I think and hope that the term kaskara is now pretty clear.

To take this thread a little offtopic (we can continue on a kattara thread) have you looked into the very old Indian term from the Dravidian language family - "katara"?

Salaams Iain ! No I never heard of it but I'm on it now. Do you have any details of a linkage?..Ibrahiim.

Afternote.. ah I see what you mean .. The Push Dagger of India. It apparently did give rise to the Pata sword though there is no evidence it has any bearing on the big curved Omani derivative that was carried by famous slave traders on the African Coast though the curved Shamshir is also called Kattara in Oman. It appears to have been coined for any curved blade. I assume therefor that it refers to any curved blade here. For Oman therefor:
Kattara = Curved . Saif = Straight.