<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"><dc:title xml:lang="en">Mameluke swords</dc:title><dc:identifier>http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en?tema=31394337</dc:identifier><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Getty Institute</dc:publisher><dcterms:created>2026-03-30 20:54:27</dcterms:created><dcterms:isPartOf xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en</dcterms:isPartOf><dcterms:isPartOf xml:lang="en">Tesaurus d&apos;Art i Arquitectura</dcterms:isPartOf><dc:format>text/html</dc:format> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Mameluke sword</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Mameluke-hilted sword</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">Mameluke-hilted swords</dcterms:alternative> <dcterms:alternative xml:lang="en">swords, Mameluke</dcterms:alternative> <dc:description xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></dc:description></metadata>