Persian military sword 1909 dragoon shashka

ariel · 3rd July 2006, 08:58 PM

Nasser-e-din Shah (Qajar) established a Cossack force in the late 1880's . This was commanded by the Russian officers and even got it's orders from the Russian Military Ministry. Google qajar cossack etc for more details.
This was the origin of the shashkas (mainly 1891 pattern). They are not rare at all.
The Iranian Cossack, Reza overthrew the Qajars and became the first Pahlavi Shah (father of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi).
Ottoman Turks also established a Hamidie Cossack brigade (mainly Kurdish).

Tim Simmons · 19th June 2025, 06:13 PM

Came across this thread while doing some research on the Soviet Shashka which I have. I have always been an ethnographic weapons collector. However over the last ten years the low to middle ground of ethnographic weapons market has gone so madly inflated I now feel that much better value can be found in the militaria market for high quality government military swords. Quality at half the price if you look with care and no pin point interest. Nice sword.

3rd July 2006, 08:58 PM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Nasser-e-din Shah (Qajar) established a Cossack force in the late 1880's . This was commanded by the Russian officers and even got it's orders from the Russian Military Ministry. Google qajar cossack etc for more details. This was the origin of the shashkas (mainly 1891 pattern). They are not rare at all. The Iranian Cossack, Reza overthrew the Qajars and became the first Pahlavi Shah (father of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi). Ottoman Turks also established a Hamidie Cossack brigade (mainly Kurdish).

19th June 2025, 06:13 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,875	Came across this thread while doing some research on the Soviet Shashka which I have. I have always been an ethnographic weapons collector. However over the last ten years the low to middle ground of ethnographic weapons market has gone so madly inflated I now feel that much better value can be found in the militaria market for high quality government military swords. Quality at half the price if you look with care and no pin point interest. Nice sword.