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Thought this is a nice example to share. I found the images on an Arab website.
Inscription in the back says "the craftsmanship of the lowly, Hassan Zaqzouq in Mecca" |
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I have my doubts whether it can be addressed as shibriya. The blade is uniformly bent on both sides.
But in shibriya one side stays almost straight, but the other one suddenly tapers to create a needle pointed tip. I think you have a classical Janbiya with a somewhat simplified blade ( no central rib). Check Artzi's site Oriental_Arms: he has an enormous collection of shibriyas. |
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Ariel,
The name shibriya is a measurement by nature. Its the size that define a shibriya, not the shape of the blade. Also, within its local context, it is named a shibriya and worn like one. And there are Jordanian shibriyas with the typical double edged, slightly curved blade. I agree that most come with the blade shape you describe. |
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Thanks. I knew the etymology: shibr, but did not know that this name was in use outside the Syrian-Palestinian-Jordanian areal.
One lives, one learns:-) |
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Hi, Ik don't really think it matters how you call it, but I like it a lot. It shows very nicely how regional styles merge where geographical areas meet. The main influence on the decoration and style are clearly of Jordanian shybriyas, but influences of Yemenite Khanjar and even more clearly, of Nejd ("wahabite") styles are apprent. The workmanship is far better than in avarage shibriya and the metal sheat looks thicker and of better quality (silver?) than in most shibriyas.
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Hi again. Ariel, in my view, all shibriyas come from curved daggers. The recurve shape became popular only around WWI. Were these pre-shibriya daggers also called shibriya? Who knows. To support this hypothesis, I posted a few photographs of older "shibriyas" as well as bedouin with this type of dagger.
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