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Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi
I think that is part of the problem... It would appear they both have almost identical terms for this weapon... thus they probably both used it ...Stone only mentions one in your picture as possibly Ottoman; he calls Asiatic Turkey. The comparison seems only to be Persian/Indian although I see China mentioned also.
The way they get around the description is to throw the lot in... Indo-Persian bozdogan / buzdygan mace (Ottoman or Persian)
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Ibrahiim, here is why besides Stones descriptiuon I think that this particular type mace may in fact be Persian. In the photo below is what seems to be accepted as a Persian mace, note the inserted dots on the mace head. Compare it to the smaller solid iron made from one piece of metal, notice the dots inserted in the same manner as the larger mace.
The similarity has made me change the description from "Ottoman" to "Persian / Ottoman".