here some more pics on the emir.
By the way, it was by no means Ottoman but rather Maghreb / North African Arab and at that time part of France , invaded or occupied by France but hardly to none relation with the Ottoman Empfire but quite independent these tribes, similar and some part even of the tribes in Morocco , see for tribes
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=30898.
https://www.culturaldiversityresourc...-on-culture-57
https://www.reddit.com/r/AmazighPeop...rect/#lightbox
https://www.instagram.com/p/DPFAWiDDC4K/
for those interested I can adviuse this book by John W. Kiser :
Commander of the Faithful: The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader (1808-1883)
website of the museum where the dagger can be found:
https://blogamv.canalblog.com/archiv.../38322681.html
info on him:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir_Abdelkader