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Old 23rd June 2014, 06:57 PM   #8
Iain
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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
I agree with Colin that blade sure does resemble the shabriya, and as Iain has well noted, the blocked ricasso looks remarkably North African, so reasonably modern within the Berber realm seems compelling.
Hi Jim, Mauritania is a majority Arabic speaking country these days, with less of a visible Berber culture from what I understand. But I could well be missing many of the intricacies of the situation.
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