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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th May 2005, 12:09 AM
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Posted By Rivkin
Excellent ! Now we know about 1000 bedoin arabs...

Excellent ! Now we know about 1000 bedoin arabs being employed by Saladin. I suspected that there should've been some arab units in his army, and was quite flustrated by the absence of any mentioning...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 13th May 2005, 12:06 AM
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Views: 17,204
Posted By Rivkin
It's not exactly true. For example "The Siege and...

It's not exactly true. For example "The Siege and Capture of Antioch" 1097-1098 by Raymond d'Aguiliers:
"After Bohemund had besieged a certain village, be heard some of his peasants suddenly fleeing...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th May 2005, 10:59 PM
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Posted By Rivkin
I must add that nowhere I've seen any references...

I must add that nowhere I've seen any references to Saladin's arab soldiers, there are dozens more medieval and modern texts I can cite, and they all speak of seljuks, turks, mamluks, blacks, but not...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th May 2005, 10:50 PM
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Posted By Rivkin
Salahadin's army

As most of you probably aware in the thread "Movies ..." we have a heated discussion with Mr.Carter on who were the soldiers of Saladin - I stand behind the theory that they were turkish tribesman...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th May 2005, 08:14 PM
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Views: 257,948
Posted By Rivkin
Arab cities does not mean arab armies (the cities...

Arab cities does not mean arab armies (the cities always remained arab, even under mamluk sultanate).

Most of the western sources seem to refer to him as "seljuk" leader, de-facto conquering Egypt...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th May 2005, 07:09 PM
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Posted By Rivkin
On mamluks: Here is the article of Bernard...

On mamluks:
Here is the article of Bernard Lewis (very distinguished western scholar of Islam):
http://www.venusproject.com/ecs/Slavery_in_the_Middle_East.html

See Chapter 9 for mamluks. Some...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th May 2005, 01:33 AM
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Posted By Rivkin
Unfortunately, I can't find my books (so I have...

Unfortunately, I can't find my books (so I have to apologize for not oftering references _yet_), so I have to rely on memory and Britannica:

Salahadin (himself a kurd) was from the family of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th May 2005, 10:01 PM
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Views: 6,836
Posted By Rivkin
Fugh, I'm sorry for voicing my concerns openly -...

Fugh, I'm sorry for voicing my concerns openly - I do belive that moderating a multi-national, history and art oriented forum does require a lot of restrictions to be imposed on the participants, but...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th May 2005, 08:37 PM
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Views: 257,948
Posted By Rivkin
First of all I apologize if my statements are...

First of all I apologize if my statements are going to be incorrect, and I truly hope to be corrected.

My understanding was that Saladin died in 1193, and by 1250-1260 Ayyubids were mostly outed...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th May 2005, 05:02 PM
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Posted By Rivkin
Sorry for interrupting, but I always thought that...

Sorry for interrupting, but I always thought that Salahadin's army was as unarabic as possible. Kurd commanding kipchaqs, circassians and some turks (after purging the army of africans).

It was...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th May 2005, 06:03 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 63,235
Posted By Rivkin
Thank you very much for your vote of confidence,...

Thank you very much for your vote of confidence, although I think that Ariel or Jim would be way more knowledgable on this issue.

Concerning Azerbajan, the weapons' production in this country is...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd May 2005, 07:24 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 63,235
Posted By Rivkin
I don't really know anything about armor, but: ...

I don't really know anything about armor, but:

1. To me it looks like a northern caucasian helmet - AStvatsaturjan 104p. shows fully armored Circassian (year 1830).
2. "Tatar" would suggest Nogai...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st May 2005, 05:36 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 63,235
Posted By Rivkin
Thank you very much for all the kind words, but...

Thank you very much for all the kind words, but I'm way over my head oftering the appraisal here, but:

a. Assuming that the sword is russian - Zlatoust, Tula independent makers are the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th April 2005, 04:14 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 63,235
Posted By Rivkin
Thanx, but I think I was as always too fast with...

Thanx, but I think I was as always too fast with my conclusions - I've never seen in real life so slightly curved sabre, so I though it's a slightly curved palash. Now I see almost an exact copy,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th April 2005, 06:57 AM
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Views: 63,235
Posted By Rivkin
Are these the Askhabov's examples ?

Are these the Askhabov's examples ?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th April 2005, 06:38 AM
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Posted By Rivkin
You told me to call you Jim, so if you call me...

You told me to call you Jim, so if you call me Kirill it's going to be more fair.




Unfortunately I did find some of Askhabov's statements on chechen traditions to be nothing but fairy tales,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th April 2005, 08:49 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 63,235
Posted By Rivkin
1. I would like to express my deepest...

1. I would like to express my deepest appreciation for the posting of these pictures.

2. If I may, the question to Jim - why do you think it's chechen ?

Sincerely yours,

K.Rivkin
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th April 2005, 06:21 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 6,397
Posted By Rivkin
So it's N87 from the year 1992... I've never seen...

So it's N87 from the year 1992... I've never seen georgian navy dirks before, but what bothers me is that there is a lot of work done on this one (number, year, leaves), but there is no georgian...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th April 2005, 09:18 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 16,849
Posted By Rivkin
I remember a japanese sensei who once gave a...

I remember a japanese sensei who once gave a lecture on buddhism, in which he was very concerned about the portrayal of buddhism by modern japanese cinema - he said something like "in one scene you...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th April 2005, 05:21 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 37,481
Posted By Rivkin
I think the biggest problem with martial arts...

I think the biggest problem with martial arts today that you can say anything (like "japanese swords are the best in the world" or "mambeles are crap"), and there is no way to prove/disprove this,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th April 2005, 05:19 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 37,481
Posted By Rivkin
Well, this photo illustrates why we all heard...

Well, this photo illustrates why we all heard about machete massacres in Africa, but never about "the night of fat mambeles"...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th April 2005, 08:39 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,891
Posted By Rivkin
I'm afraid Ariel knows more about swords and...

I'm afraid Ariel knows more about swords and shashkas than I do, but to me it's a modern piece, that even does not pretend to be old.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th April 2005, 05:17 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 33,365
Posted By Rivkin
I'm sorry for being a little bit overly...

I'm sorry for being a little bit overly pessimistic about ship modeling - I'm sure it's alive, just like sword making in America is also quite alive. And most likely the needed for personal...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th April 2005, 04:59 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 16,113
Posted By Rivkin
I here ye, loud and clear :). I know nothing...

I here ye, loud and clear :). I know nothing about indian swords, so I prefer to listen for now, however here is something related to the question - it's understandable why some of the grips are very...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 11th April 2005, 06:04 AM
Replies: 45
Views: 33,365
Posted By Rivkin
I used to be very interested in building ship...

I used to be very interested in building ship models. While these guys are enormously beautiful, and have a wide appeal, nevertheless - ship modeling died on my own eyes.

First of all it was...
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