mamluk khanjar ??

B.I · 20th July 2005, 09:22 PM

hi rick,
i too have seen the dagger and the images dont do it justice. this exhibition you mentioned - was it all khalilis?
i know he has a great war mask but i am not aware of him owning a 13thC sabre blade.
the earliest known islamic curved swords were thought to be those in the topkapi.
however, there is a curved blade, thought to date around 1200 and of seljuk period that is in a private collection. i know the owner, and the previous owner and i wonder if it is the same sword. khalili doesnt or hasnt owned it so i wonder which blade you saw?
do you have any images or a description. the blade i am refering to has a chisselled hunting chase with spirralling arabeques along the blade.
i cant believe you would go to an exhibition without a camera

20th July 2005, 09:22 PM	#16
B.I Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 485	hi rick, i too have seen the dagger and the images dont do it justice. this exhibition you mentioned - was it all khalilis? i know he has a great war mask but i am not aware of him owning a 13thC sabre blade. the earliest known islamic curved swords were thought to be those in the topkapi. however, there is a curved blade, thought to date around 1200 and of seljuk period that is in a private collection. i know the owner, and the previous owner and i wonder if it is the same sword. khalili doesnt or hasnt owned it so i wonder which blade you saw? do you have any images or a description. the blade i am refering to has a chisselled hunting chase with spirralling arabeques along the blade. i cant believe you would go to an exhibition without a camera