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Mameluke swords


Identification code: 300400744



Alternative term/s

  • Mameluke sword
  • Mameluke-hilted sword
  • Mameluke-hilted swords
  • swords, Mameluke

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Scope note:

Curved swords derived from the sabres used historically by Egyptian Mamluk warriors. In the 19th century, several western armies, such as the French and the British, adopted these. The western version had a similar hilt, but the blade resembled that of contemporary western sabres.

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