Shibriyya
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| Weapon type: | dagger |
| Designations: | Shibriyya |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Palestine , Jordan , Bedouins |
| Distribution: | Palestine, Jordan |
| Overall length: | about 30 cm |
| Blade length: | about 14 cm to about 19 cm |
| Handle: | Sheet metal, metal wire, wood, horn |
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The Shibriyya ( Arabic شبرية, DMG Šibriyya ) is a dagger from Palestine and Jordan.
description
The Schibriyya has a slightly curved, double-edged blade. The blade is smooth or has a slight central ridge. The blade is straight from the handle to the location and then runs up the cutting edge and down the spine of the blade in an arc to the location. The blades have a similar shape to the blades of the Bowie knife . The handle is usually made of wood or horn, which is covered with sheet metal ( silver , brass ) and decorated with metal wire and engravings. The scabbards are usually made of wood and also covered with sheet metal. At the moment there are only two blacksmiths left in Jordan (the brothers Abed Abu Mohaisen and Zain Mohaisen) who produce traditional shibriyyas entirely by hand. Both work in small, independent workshops near the Roman Theater in Amman . The Shibriyya is used by the Bedouins in Palestine and Jordan.
Individual evidence
literature
- Kamāl ʻAbd Allāh Ḥulw, Saʻīd Mumtāz Darwīsh, Customary law in northern Sinai, Committee for the Preservation of North Sinai, Cultural Heritage, 1989, p. 51
- Burton Bernstein, Sinai: the great and terrible wilderness , Verlag Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1980, page 93, ISBN 978-0-297-77778-6
