An Old Unusual CURVED, Single Edge, Taureg Takouba Sword

Iain · 24th November 2015, 05:39 PM

Not a problem, a takouba thread is like water for a dying man in the desert to me. It's been a few dry months for me on the acquisition front with some other hobbies taking over more time.

Been a while since we had a good one appear on the forum!

To continue this interesting topic, the Hausa word for these should be Hankaltilo or Hindi or perhaps Bisalami which apparently refers to a curved sword of the 'Arab' type.

While to a Tuareg this would be a alguinjar.

There might be a Fulani element to these as well since they were active in pushing the takouba form into Cameroon as part of the Fulani Jihad in the early 1800s as far as I can tell.

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24th November 2015, 05:39 PM	#4
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,708	Not a problem, a takouba thread is like water for a dying man in the desert to me. It's been a few dry months for me on the acquisition front with some other hobbies taking over more time. Been a while since we had a good one appear on the forum! To continue this interesting topic, the Hausa word for these should be Hankaltilo or Hindi or perhaps Bisalami which apparently refers to a curved sword of the 'Arab' type. While to a Tuareg this would be a alguinjar. There might be a Fulani element to these as well since they were active in pushing the takouba form into Cameroon as part of the Fulani Jihad in the early 1800s as far as I can tell.