Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2012, 05:14 PM
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Some new info for you. The sword is roughly 96...
Some new info for you. The sword is roughly 96 years old, it was made during the time of Amir Habibullah, they used the lunar years back then, so the 1336 is not hijri solar as I mentioned before but...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
2nd March 2012, 04:57 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th February 2012, 02:17 PM
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ok, let's start from dates and then go to the...
ok, let's start from dates and then go to the rest. The inscriptions have some inconsistancies to me, I might be wrong. First, فی سنة هجری ۱۳۳۶ in the bottom the number ۱۴۰۲. To me 1402 could be just...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th February 2012, 03:31 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2012, 04:28 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2012, 04:25 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th February 2012, 04:23 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
7th February 2012, 12:13 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th February 2012, 03:42 AM
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The so-called apple blossom is a common motive,...
The so-called apple blossom is a common motive, residents of Bukhara were perdominantly Tajik, so thier handywork would be Tajik not Uzbek. If no collector book is printed on a subject does not mean...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
5th February 2012, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 18
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Ariel, when I said Samarqand and Bukhara are...
Ariel, when I said Samarqand and Bukhara are Tajik cities it did not mean they are or were part of todays Tajikistan, it meant that when these 2 items were made and somewhat to this day, those 2...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th February 2012, 01:54 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
4th February 2012, 01:19 PM
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Eventhough Seylaawa's are attributed to the...
Eventhough Seylaawa's are attributed to the Khyber pass, it does not mean they are all made there. I find the source of confussion the inaccurate names that were given to many ethnographic weapons....
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st January 2012, 11:55 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th January 2012, 04:52 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th January 2012, 12:26 PM
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There are lots of commercial ones being made...
There are lots of commercial ones being made these days. A few times I almost bought a couple of those not knowing they were fake. But I have a habbit of researching things before I buy them and that...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th January 2012, 01:05 PM
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Another Jezail
I got this jezial about a year ago. I have to confess that I did not know much about jezails back then, and am still learing. The lock is from a Brown Bess from King Goerges' era, and the barrel is...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th January 2012, 12:46 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
29th January 2012, 07:21 AM
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It is an Afghan jezail not doubt about it. The...
It is an Afghan jezail not doubt about it. The barrels were made locally(back then better artisans) or imported from Persia or the Ottoman empire. The barrel is damascus, which adds a bit value to...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
25th January 2012, 12:02 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
24th January 2012, 05:08 PM
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From right to left,
1227 Hejri Lunar ۱۲۲۷ ...
From right to left,
1227 Hejri Lunar ۱۲۲۷
عمل حسن Amal E Hassan , Work OF Hassan
صاحب احمد Saaheb Ahmad, Owner Ahmad
توکلی علی خالقی عبد Tawakali 'alaa khaaleqe 'abd, Depend on the lord of...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
22nd January 2012, 12:09 PM
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fearn,
Thanks for the info, always was...
fearn,
Thanks for the info, always was facinated the by Easter Islands and what could be discovered there. But ofcourse I don't have much info, so learning things here and there is very helpful .
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
21st January 2012, 11:51 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
19th January 2012, 04:43 PM
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I've been searching around the net, trying to...
I've been searching around the net, trying to find more information about the Seki smith Yoshiomi. All of the ones I have found resemble more to the pic in this post, and none to what I have. Plus...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th January 2012, 11:57 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th January 2012, 04:42 PM
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