The visiting Australian crew had tea with the Boqor and concluded the meeting 'with much bowing to His Highness, the Sultan'.
The Boqor saw them off, holding the Sword of State, and watched from a distance by the beach as they rowed away.
Unlike others If such a thing is widely common among Somalis I'd imagine it is native or at least adapted by Somalis until proven otherwiseThose swords are so common is it really foreign made?
Look at this close up. Does this look like an augmented hilt. Whatβs up with the W shape? Could it be foreign but the locals customised the hilt.Unlike others If such a thing is widely common among Somalis I'd imagine it is native or at least adapted by Somalis until proven otherwise
The swords in the bottom pic became popular during the Dervish war no? So it could be a recent style I haven't seen old (pre dervish) pictures with those type of swords yet.Look at this close up. Does this look like an augmented hilt. Whatβs up with the W shape? Could it be foreign but the locals customised the hilt.
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Here are the traditional hilt for reference
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Yeah the Sudanese had multiple sword styles.The swords in the bottom pic became popular during the Dervish war no? So it could be a recent style I haven't seen old (pre dervish) pictures with those type of swords yet.
Also Somalis would naturally have many styles of Swords so just because we have one style doesn't mean you won't find others sometimes in the same region even. Completely native made.
Yeah he's got so many old images that I never seen beforePuntland vault is a great page for Somali history
Lol somalk swords is an interesting topicMy bad I completely derailed and turned this into a sword thread.
Looks like something that might have defused into Somali culture a long time ago on second thoughts but these swords are all 100% made in Somalia I wouldn't see the need to attribute them to Iran for example. As if the Arabs would give Iranians credit for all the things they gained from them.
Yeah what I was trying to get at was the concept design of the scimitar was foreign but weapon has been with us for so long and we adapted the weapon for own sake.Looks like something that might have defused into Somali culture a long time ago on second thoughts but these swords are all 100% made in Somalia I wouldn't see the need to attribute them to Iran for example. As if the Arabs would give Iranians credit for all the things they gained from them.
They were lean and tall