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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th March 2019, 04:49 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Thanks Jim, The Funun is almost completely...

Thanks Jim, The Funun is almost completely overlooked in appreciating Omani weapons . The key is that here are the passed down enacted Traditions some beginning at the outset of the religion here....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th March 2019, 09:28 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Focusing on a little Ethnographics ...The Funun...

Focusing on a little Ethnographics ...The Funun is the set of Traditions played out in Oman in dance music poetry and singing in a form of pantomime to rhythm and often an ancient musical score . In...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th March 2019, 08:38 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
I thought we had possibly seen the largest...

I thought we had possibly seen the largest structures possible in cloth hand held and canopy style sunshades but this one is the biggest I have seen to date ! A giant parasol two poled item over a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th March 2019, 08:26 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
The next reference is an excellent pocket book on...

The next reference is an excellent pocket book on the Mughal Empire and rather confirms that architecture is not the medium in which this beaded border form is obvious perhaps because of my earlier...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th March 2019, 08:19 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Hindu jewellery… As a decorative form this...

Hindu jewellery… As a decorative form this specialization could well be linked in the distant past to metalworking in Arms and Armour. Here is a book with many examples in Hindu Jewellery which...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th March 2019, 08:08 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
In beads there is some aspect possibly linked to...

In beads there is some aspect possibly linked to metalwork and thus designs in arms and armour. I think some care should be taken when looking at the beads above as they are possibly not all the same...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 10th March 2019, 04:41 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Please see The Omani Khanjar. at...

Please see The Omani Khanjar. at http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14878

As you rightly point out a lot of replacements are not unusual in Omani Khanjars where most of the visible...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th March 2019, 08:03 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Mughal designs and patterns generally came with...

Mughal designs and patterns generally came with them from Persian influence. This is apparent in the different types of umbrellas as well as the magnificent Forts Mausoleums and Mosques constructed...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th March 2019, 04:18 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Indian beadwork is well recorded in Indian...

Indian beadwork is well recorded in Indian jewellery going back to early Hindu beginnings and I have shown similar decorative style in Arms. what I can now add to the discussion are examples in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th March 2019, 05:49 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
It is interesting to see designs unrelated to...

It is interesting to see designs unrelated to Indian work and more than 3000 years of Hinduism in that region must be considered first. parallel developments in unrelated tribal groups are not to be...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th March 2019, 05:24 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
This is an extremely detailed floral design with...

This is an extremely detailed floral design with what appears to be Indian influence...not surprising since their close proximity as trading partners throughout history not to mention the fact that...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th March 2019, 04:46 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Indian jewellery has examples of this beaded...

Indian jewellery has examples of this beaded technique in the South Indian Jhumkas ...ear rings styles..
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th March 2019, 02:36 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Hello Jim I need to add what I ought to have...

Hello Jim I need to add what I ought to have gotten round to yesterday but the day job intervened !!

The thrust of my point involving indian talismani work is made toward floral decoration on...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th March 2019, 04:38 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
; :shrug:

; :shrug:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd March 2019, 06:14 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Just to insert an Ivory hilt...from #247

Just to insert an Ivory hilt...from #247
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd March 2019, 05:16 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Thanks Jim ~ Good questions and I agree it is a...

Thanks Jim ~ Good questions and I agree it is a bit puzzling. Of the 11 different regions in Oman they can all sport some of the same design variables as the next region which must be slightly...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd March 2019, 04:08 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Bitter Orange Wood I have seen thousands of...

Bitter Orange Wood

I have seen thousands of Omani Khanjars, however, one material name that crops up occasionally is a so called bitter orange wood known locally as khashab al nereng but I have...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd March 2019, 03:35 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
For interest see http://khanjar.om/Types.html an...

For interest see http://khanjar.om/Types.html an excellent study of Omani Khanjars most useful in dissecting where a weapon has originated... Highly recommended to forum. :shrug:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st March 2019, 04:52 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
This is a great subject and can run and run... I...

This is a great subject and can run and run... I hunted on the web and pulled this for perusal https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=ISLAMIC+STIRRUPS&qpvt=ISLAMIC+STIRRUPS&FORM=IGRE

And these below...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th February 2019, 12:30 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Here is a great example distinct and clear as to...

Here is a great example distinct and clear as to its provenance.. :shrug:

CLUES INCLUDE HAVING A LOOK AT #248 AND #278 AS WELL AS THE UNDERLYING STRUCTURE OF A NEW WEAPON IN THE MAKING AT #5
...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th February 2019, 01:59 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 265,136
Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
As a link to many Talisman in the Islamic World...

As a link to many Talisman in the Islamic World please see

https://metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tali/hd_tali.htm

I think it helps put our work on this thread into perspective... :shrug:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th February 2019, 01:35 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
AN important Islamic Talisman is the Zulfiqar...

AN important Islamic Talisman is the Zulfiqar forked blade configuration often seen on battle banners ~From might and magic
From the Metropolitan Museum. SEE...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th February 2019, 12:58 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
The Brother to # 251 DAVID E. AT# 251 posted...

The Brother to # 251

DAVID E. AT# 251 posted an interesting Omani Khanjar and just today I received one so similar to it and confirmed as also from Nizwa that it must be from the same workshop....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th February 2019, 02:25 PM
Replies: 377
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
In Oman the silversmith has three sources of top...

In Oman the silversmith has three sources of top quality silver with which to make Khanjars.
1. Silver ingots imported from China. The Omani mine at Sohar (MEGAN)also produces silver Ingots as a bi...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th February 2019, 01:20 PM
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Posted By Ibrahiim al Balooshi
This Omani Khanjar has a hilt of giraffe horn the...

This Omani Khanjar has a hilt of giraffe horn the Omani people call ZRAF HINDI but as we now know its the African Giraffe..somehow lost or muddled in the translation... I prefer this type of...
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