Kattara (sword)
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| Weapon type: | sword |
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The kattara is a sword from Oman .
description
The original ring-tailed lemur has a straight, double-edged blade with a sharp point . This form existed before the time of Muhammad . The swords of the Arabian Peninsula changed over time to the curved saber Saif , the Kattara in Oman kept its original shape for a long time. In the 19th century , the slightly curved, single-edged blade came into fashion. The blades of these models often came from Europe .
literature
- Neil Richardson, Marica Dorr, The craft heritage of Oman, Volume 2 , Motivate Verlag, 2003, pages 306, 329, 455
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Elgood: The arms and armor of Arabia in the 18th-19th and 20th centuries, Verlag Scolar Press, 1994, ISBN 978-0-85967-972-5 , pp. 10, 16 [1]