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Originally Posted by Kubur
Oh i can tell you why they did these mistakes.
First the decoration is ottoman baroque, clearly with European influences, but it's not European. Second for a lot of people all wootz blade is Persian.
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But this is the Royal Armouries, they have a lot of people with experience there, they never mention "Ottoman" either. Here is another one,
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Sabre and scabbard (1615-1635) Mameluke-hilted sabre and scabbard Place: Turkey
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I think if I described my kilij as a "Mameluk hilted sabre" I might get some laughs.