Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Khyber and Choora with Bukharan (?) twists

Gavin Nugent · 5th February 2012, 05:38 PM

From a Russian Museum site;

The Central Asian name of turquoise derived from Iranian word firusa - victory; therefore its presence on the weapon endowed the latter with especially strong magic power, providing good luck at war. Turquoise became especially common in war paraphernalia of Turkic peoples.

This would explain the stones being seen across a vast area.

5th February 2012, 05:38 PM	#6
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	From a Russian Museum site; The Central Asian name of turquoise derived from Iranian word firusa - victory; therefore its presence on the weapon endowed the latter with especially strong magic power, providing good luck at war. Turquoise became especially common in war paraphernalia of Turkic peoples. This would explain the stones being seen across a vast area.