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Old 16th July 2006, 05:59 AM   #1
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Dear All,

Attached is a rather interesting calendar:
rkmag.com/kindjal/arms.pdf

I have 60Gb limit on downloads there, so I will take the link down if more than 1000 people use it.

A little bit of commentaries:

gorda khmali translates as "gurda-sword"
Erekle II lived in 1720-1798,
Alexander the III ruled in 1639-1660
Solomon II 1789-1810
Saakadze was an eastern georgian/persian/ottoman high ranking commander, lived 1570 – 1629

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Old 16th July 2006, 01:34 PM   #2
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Hi Rivkin,

Thanks for sharing that with us, that was really interesting. Georgian arms and armour is another one of those things about which I am shamefully ignorant. It is also proof of how innacurate the term "Islamic Arms and Armour" can sometimes be. Despite their similarity to Persian and Turkish weapons and Armour the wearers and many of the makers of these items are not Muslim. Maybe we need a new term like "Near-Eastern, Indian and Caucasian", only less cumbersome.

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Old 16th July 2006, 01:42 PM   #3
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Delightfull & educational! Thank you for sharing!
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Old 16th July 2006, 02:43 PM   #4
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Thank you very much for sharing, it is most interesting, especially as one seldom see Georgian weapons.
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Old 16th July 2006, 05:46 PM   #5
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I think the definition Islamic is actually quite useful here - all of the "persian" looking things are actually from Eastern Georgia, which at the time was a colony of Persia. All of them are actually called "persian sword" in Georgia, they are local variations of persian weapons; a lot of these people actually converted to Islam at one point or another, like Saakadze. I would not define the palash and khevsurian swords as Islamic, but see no reason why this can not be applied at least to shamshirs.
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Old 16th July 2006, 06:06 PM   #6
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I HAD FUN THANKS FOR THE POST I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED THE FEW ITEMS I HAD SEEN FROM GEORGIA.
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