The Omani Shamshiir.

ariel · 17th February 2013, 12:34 AM

Can you show a close-up of the decorative motif?
Also, how does the knot differ from other ( Badawi, Hyderabadi) ones?

The bottom line, I'd like to see better pics and have a bit more explanation.
Thanks, Ibrahim and Lotfi!

And, BTW, the idea of shamshir likely came to Iran from the Arabs who, in turn, got it from the Khazars during 2 centuries of trying to break their defences and invade Europe from the east. Charles Martel and Khazars preserved Europe as we know it.
But weapons were, indeed, widely appropriated and many had only decorative elements to distinguish them from their origins.

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17th February 2013, 12:34 AM	#6
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Can you show a close-up of the decorative motif? Also, how does the knot differ from other ( Badawi, Hyderabadi) ones? The bottom line, I'd like to see better pics and have a bit more explanation. Thanks, Ibrahim and Lotfi! And, BTW, the idea of shamshir likely came to Iran from the Arabs who, in turn, got it from the Khazars during 2 centuries of trying to break their defences and invade Europe from the east. Charles Martel and Khazars preserved Europe as we know it. But weapons were, indeed, widely appropriated and many had only decorative elements to distinguish them from their origins.