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8th December 2015, 07:40 PM
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A few more examples.
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8th December 2015, 08:12 PM
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here are some more...
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9th December 2015, 02:10 AM
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There is not much more to add at this point, but here are some.
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9th December 2015, 05:37 AM
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Thanks guys, all these pictures are amazing.
Question where this kind of belt comes from? Most of them in the 19th c. are from the Balkans, but I can see some from Ottoman Turkey and even Caucasus... Any idea when they appear and where??? Best, |
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9th December 2015, 10:47 AM
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9th December 2015, 11:18 AM
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Here is a reference from an article titled "The Turks In Egypt" from the "Calcutta Review", Volumes 96-97, University of Calcutta, 1893. It mentions silahlik being used by the Mamluks during the Ottoman occupation of Egypt. I would assume this reference was around the 1700s if not earlier as the french invaded Egypt in 1798, ending both the Mamluk and Ottoman rule.
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9th December 2015, 03:24 PM
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I believe this one is was upside down, it looks to me that the museum which owns it has the weapons going the wrong way.
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