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RobT · 31st October 2005, 02:57 PM

Hi Marcus,
Welcome, you're gonna love this forum. In a previous thread Jens Nordlunde posted a sosun pata bladed sword with a T-rib that he called a sail. (I believe the thread may have started in May.) The hilt form was the standard Indo/Muslim type except that it had a Hindu basket guard and counterguard added to it. I believe that Jens said the piece was from Hyderbad. Are the sail and the sailaba the same sword or is the name sail reserved only for those swords with a T-rib and/or a basket style hilt guard? If the sailaba is indeed distinct from the sail, what then distinguishes the sailaba from the sosun pata? (This question also applies if the sail and sailaba are one and the same.) Do you know how the names of these pieces are pronounced? Is it sail and sail aba or is it sa il and sa il aba?
Sincerely,
RobT

31st October 2005, 02:57 PM	#4
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 535	Sail=Sailaba? Hi Marcus, Welcome, you're gonna love this forum. In a previous thread Jens Nordlunde posted a sosun pata bladed sword with a T-rib that he called a sail. (I believe the thread may have started in May.) The hilt form was the standard Indo/Muslim type except that it had a Hindu basket guard and counterguard added to it. I believe that Jens said the piece was from Hyderbad. Are the sail and the sailaba the same sword or is the name sail reserved only for those swords with a T-rib and/or a basket style hilt guard? If the sailaba is indeed distinct from the sail, what then distinguishes the sailaba from the sosun pata? (This question also applies if the sail and sailaba are one and the same.) Do you know how the names of these pieces are pronounced? Is it sail and sail aba or is it sa il and sa il aba? Sincerely, RobT Last edited by RobT; 31st October 2005 at 03:10 PM. Reason: typo