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Old 18th June 2011, 09:43 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by kahnjar1
Your piece is a DHARIA dagger in the RASHAQ style and comes , as you say, from Asir/Hijaz area of Western Arabia. The term "wahabite" is a loose description used by (mainly) collectors and dealers to describe this type of long dagger.
Hi Stu
you are correct, there is a dichotomy between
- Asir/Hijaz - it's a region, close to the western coast
- Wahabism - has it's roots in Najd region, in the central region of the KSA



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