Sultan Osman Mahmud II of Majeerteeniya and his young son. Aug. 9, 1911

[Khaemwaset]

 

[Khaemwaset]

 

[Khaemwaset]

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.

 

[Internet Nomad]

Those swords are so common is it really foreign made?

I have seen these swords wielded more than the native bilao swords.

 

[Khaemwaset]

Those swords are so common is it really foreign made?

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

 

[Internet Nomad]

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

Look at this close up. Does this look like an augmented hilt. What’s up with the W shape? Could it be foreign but the locals customised the hilt.

Here are the traditional hilt for reference

 

[Internet Nomad]

The swords do look foreign design but it wouldn’t be surprising if it was locally made after Somalis got familiar with it.

 

[Khaemwaset]

Look at this close up. Does this look like an augmented hilt. What’s 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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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.

 

[Internet Nomad]

Here others with the hilt resembling the native hilt.

 

[Internet Nomad]

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 the Sudanese had multiple sword styles.

So it wouldn’t be shocking to find out that Somalis who been trading with much of the old world for thousands of years to have adopted many different sword designs.

 

[Internet Nomad]

 

[Internet Nomad]

My bad I completely derailed and turned this into a sword thread.

 

[Chaseyourdreamzz]

Puntland vault is a great page for Somali history

 

[Khaemwaset]

Puntland vault is a great page for Somali history

Yeah he's got so many old images that I never seen before

My bad I completely derailed and turned this into a sword thread.

Lol somalk swords is an interesting topic

 

[Khaemwaset]

Here others with the hilt resembling the native hilt.
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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.

 

[aarkamudug]

Mashallah

 

[Internet Nomad]

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.

 

[Bari]

May allah have mercy upon the soul of Boqor Cismaan Boqor Maxamuud Boqor Yusuf, the King of Darood.

 

[Homerlilian]

Where did our drip go my fellow Somalis .
Where my niggas

 

[Rayaale]

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They were lean and tall