Yemeni Wahabi Gile or Qolxad?

kronckew · 7th July 2018, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Ian

...have never heard of the gile being referred to as a Yemeni jambiya.

Ian.

wiki is wrong then HERE ...as is frequently the case.

kahnjar1 · 7th July 2018, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by kronckew

wiki is wrong then HERE ...as is frequently the case.

Yes definitely wrong. The pic shown on the Wiki page is correctly of the Gile, but any reference to a Jambiya or the style coming from Yemen is wrong. Yemeni Jambiyas are completely different in shape and more resemble the Omani Khanjar. To my knowledge the Gile is not known anywhere as a Jambiya or a Dharia or anything to do with so called Wahabite daggers.
Stu

kronckew · 7th July 2018, 08:23 AM

Good, When I bid on it I was thinking the "expert's" description was wrong and it was an Afar Gile. Then I stumbled across the wiki entry. Anyhow, I like this one, the ones with the brass conehead hat, not so much. There was one with the cone in the same sale, described by the same "expert" as Somali. As far as I've been bothered to look, the wiki references they give do not support Yemen at all, the three or 4 places outside wiki seem to just plagiarise wiki

and are a bit circular. they ref. a french website where Yemen is not mentioned. So I consulted the more reliable members here

Thanks again

7th July 2018, 08:23 AM	#3
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,249	Good, When I bid on it I was thinking the "expert's" description was wrong and it was an Afar Gile. Then I stumbled across the wiki entry. Anyhow, I like this one, the ones with the brass conehead hat, not so much. There was one with the cone in the same sale, described by the same "expert" as Somali. As far as I've been bothered to look, the wiki references they give do not support Yemen at all, the three or 4 places outside wiki seem to just plagiarise wiki and are a bit circular. they ref. a french website where Yemen is not mentioned. So I consulted the more reliable members here Thanks again