european blade?

[fernando]

Originally Posted by ward

[I] ...Rumi referred to Byzantines early in Ottoman history but the word also meant Ottomans later on.

In strict terms ...

RUMES WERE INHABITANTS OF ANCIENT TRACIA, LATER ROMANIA, AND THEIR NATURALS ROMANIS, TO WHOM THE TURKS CALLED RUMELI AND WE CALLED RUMES (Diogo do Couto 1542-1616).

In this picture, painted by an anonimous Portuguese traveller in the XVI century, Rumes as depicted inhabited the straight of Meca and Baçorá.
According to Gaspar Correia (1495-1561), they used various weapons, namely wide and long swords, and they were also great shooters.

Fernando

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