Kindjal or Qaddara?

libra · 6th March 2009, 07:06 PM

Hi everyone!
I bought recently this ''Kindjal'',it is 62,5cm long and 5,30cm width.
It has gold inlays one snake and a human figure.

Can you tell me if it is Persian or Caucasian,Kindjal or Qaddara?

Thanks

Libra

ariel · 7th March 2009, 01:52 AM

Neither.
This is a Qajar-era Iranian Qameh, a knock-off of a Caucasian Kindjal ( Khandjali). Qaddara is ( originally) a South-Caucasian single edge dagger that also found its way into Iran through Azerbaijan. Stone called very big Kindjals ( Qammehs) Qaddara, but in the Caucasus they are known as Satevari.
Double-edge= Kindjal, Qameh; single-edge= Qaddara.

libra · 9th March 2009, 08:31 PM

Thank you for your help ariel
But i am still confused

Some books they have large Kindjal,Qama as Qaddara.
The same claims the man that i bought it.
What realy is going on?

ariel · 11th March 2009, 03:15 AM

Blame George Cameron Stone. He used the word Qaddara while showing a large Qameh. The herd followed...

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7th March 2009, 01:52 AM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Neither. This is a Qajar-era Iranian Qameh, a knock-off of a Caucasian Kindjal ( Khandjali). Qaddara is ( originally) a South-Caucasian single edge dagger that also found its way into Iran through Azerbaijan. Stone called very big Kindjals ( Qammehs) Qaddara, but in the Caucasus they are known as Satevari. Double-edge= Kindjal, Qameh; single-edge= Qaddara.

9th March 2009, 08:31 PM	#3
libra Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: GREECE Patras Posts: 40	Thank you for your help ariel But i am still confused Some books they have large Kindjal,Qama as Qaddara. The same claims the man that i bought it. What realy is going on?

11th March 2009, 03:15 AM	#4
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Blame George Cameron Stone. He used the word Qaddara while showing a large Qameh. The herd followed...