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Old 26th May 2006, 10:34 PM   #1
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Definitely NOT Egyptian, as you probably know very well already that is a dha.

Why the seller thought it was Egyptian is absolutely beyond me. Any "Egyptian swords" would probably look like Turkish Kilijs, because Egypt was after all part of the Ottoman Empire from 1517 AD up until 1882 when it was invaded by the British, even then it remained officially part of the Ottoman Empire until 1914.

Congratulations on getting a very nice dha.
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Old 27th May 2006, 09:06 AM   #2
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Definitely NOT Egyptian, as you probably know very well already that is a dha.

Why the seller thought it was Egyptian is absolutely beyond me. Any "Egyptian swords" would probably look like Turkish Kilijs, because Egypt was after all part of the Ottoman Empire from 1517 AD up until 1882 when it was invaded by the British, even then it remained officially part of the Ottoman Empire until 1914.

Congratulations on getting a very nice dha.
yes, to us it was a bit obvious what it really was , to the vendor, who was a woman, she had no idea. after i won it, i messaged her to let her know what it really was, she replied that she'd asked someone what it was and i quote "...the silly arse..." told her he thought it was egyptian. i assume it was her husband from that remark .

one of these days i'll snag a nice turkish kilij - which no doubt will be listed as an 'indian tulwar'

i keep my eyes open for listing anomalies on ebay as it can lead to good deals sometimes.
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Old 22nd February 2015, 12:02 AM   #3
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found this old thread while researching for another thread. as the original pics of my 'egyptian sword' no longer exist, i'll add some back as attachments.

(one of my favourite swords and a very fine burmese dha)
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Old 22nd February 2015, 01:38 AM   #4
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So cool.
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Old 22nd February 2015, 09:52 AM   #5
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Yup, agree with Andrew, very nice!
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Old 22nd February 2015, 11:12 AM   #6
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Very nice sword! Quality piece!

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Old 24th February 2015, 08:20 PM   #7
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Nice to see a new picture of this.
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