Marsh Arab (Iraqi)? Jambiya

Kubur · 11th October 2015, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by A.alnakkas

I remember Steve Gracie's Jambiya book mentioning an Iraqi silvermaker working in Yemen, his pieces also use the river scene but on Yemeni style jambiyas.

For Oman too
In Hales book, you have an Omani khanjar with Iraki niello work...

kahnjar1 · 11th October 2015, 08:16 PM

I was always of the understanding that the Marsh Arab dagger had a different shaped hilt like the one in this pic.
Perhaps someone could clarify this for me please.

Kubur · 11th October 2015, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kahnjar1

I was always of the understanding that the Marsh Arab dagger had a different shaped hilt like the one in this pic.
Perhaps someone could clarify this for me please.

You are right.
Marsh and the Delta up to Bassorah. Basically the South...
The example above is for Bagdad and it's the so-called Kurdish style, the North.
Please, see my comments above and the previous post...
Best,
Kubur

Kubur · 28th October 2015, 08:17 PM

Sold recently
I think that's clearly demonstrate that a lot of OUR end of 19th c. daggers are tourist pieces...
Kubur

Bob A · 5th November 2015, 02:56 AM

I may be mistaken, but I don't think Iraq was so called until about 1920. The jambiya so marked above would be post 1920, if I'm correct.

kahnjar1 · 5th November 2015, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Bob A

I may be mistaken, but I don't think Iraq was so called until about 1920. The jambiya so marked above would be post 1920, if I'm correct.

Yes and I would suspect that this is a souvenir type. If it were other than that it, would not IMHO have IRAQ written on it.
Stu

11th October 2015, 08:16 PM	#2
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,813	Is the subject dagger in fact a Marsh Arab dagger? I was always of the understanding that the Marsh Arab dagger had a different shaped hilt like the one in this pic. Perhaps someone could clarify this for me please. Attached Images

28th October 2015, 08:17 PM	#4
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	Sold recently I think that's clearly demonstrate that a lot of OUR end of 19th c. daggers are tourist pieces... Kubur Attached Images

5th November 2015, 02:56 AM	#5
Bob A Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 446	I may be mistaken, but I don't think Iraq was so called until about 1920. The jambiya so marked above would be post 1920, if I'm correct.