Ottoman Bichaq help

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Originally Posted by Kubur

http://www.ashokaarts.com/shop/ottom...a-north-africa

http://www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=5582

They look nice, they are ottomans, but from Algeria.

Both of these are described as potentially being from North Africa, possibly Algeria, only one states the reasoning behind this attribution (the lobed pommel). What exactly makes a weapon "Algerian"?

An attractive Ottoman shamshir sword probably from Algeria or North Africa.
http://www.ashokaarts.com/shop/ottom...a-north-africa


This rare form of Yataghan, with the lobed pommel is usually attributed as North African, probably Algeria.
http://www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=5582