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					Originally Posted by  kronckew
					 
				 
				the spike on pole-axes, halberds, Guden tags, and even some rondels, of much the same cross section & shapes, ruined the days of many an armoured knight, not penetrating the armour, but the gaps, throats, eyes, ears, etc. An unarmoured Indian warrior would be  very vulnerable, I would think, tho personally I'd rather have a nice sharp bowie. 
			
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A halebard or a pole axe are slightly different types of knives...😜
And I don't think the geometry of a rondel dagger is even remotely similar to that of the zirah-bouk. 
But can you find an example of zirah-bouk that is older than 20th century?!