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4th February 2013, 06:17 PM
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Salaams Erlikhan ~ Shukran ... Your excellent pictures have inspired a new look at the Red Sea influence on Yemeni and Omani Ethnographic Arms..Kind regards. Ibrahiim al Balooshi. |
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16th August 2025, 03:55 AM
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I was finally able to visit the Askeri Museum this summer, and here are some pictures I took.
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16th August 2025, 03:57 AM
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The Ayyubid and Mameluke swords are no longer grouped together but dispersed around the halls exhibiting edged weapons. Still, it was amazing to see them up close and personal.
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16th August 2025, 04:01 AM
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The museum holds what are considered the two earliest Ottoman artefacts: the saber of Kose Mihal, an early Eastern Roman traitor to the Ottoman cause and a companion to Osman Ghazi, as well as the helmet of Orhan Ghazi, Osman's son. I am yet to find an explanation as to what links the sword in question to Kose Mihal.
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16th August 2025, 04:05 AM
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The collection is immense, even if some of the items have questionable attributions, like the Sudano-Egyptian sword we discussed in a separate thread.
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16th August 2025, 04:07 AM
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Speaking of questionable attributions, there is a group of karabela hilted swords attributed to the Balkans, but I am very certain they are Arab.
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16th August 2025, 04:10 AM
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The Mameluke swords from Unsal Ucel's book were my favorite things in the museum.
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