Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Turkish-Kurdish Jambiya

ALEX · 5th September 2009, 04:09 PM

I agree - a fine dagger. This is a variation of "Baghdadi" type dagger. They were popular indeed, and are characterized by the ribbed and/or silver-plated buffalo horn hilt, and silver scabbard incised with geometrical design or silver filigree, as on this particular dagger. They were produced in Mosul (Iraq) in 19th/early-20th Century, and the scabbards are sometimes called "Mosul Silver". Seeing 3 almost identical daggers like this is an interesting coincident.

5th September 2009, 04:09 PM	#4
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	I agree - a fine dagger. This is a variation of "Baghdadi" type dagger. They were popular indeed, and are characterized by the ribbed and/or silver-plated buffalo horn hilt, and silver scabbard incised with geometrical design or silver filigree, as on this particular dagger. They were produced in Mosul (Iraq) in 19th/early-20th Century, and the scabbards are sometimes called "Mosul Silver". Seeing 3 almost identical daggers like this is an interesting coincident.