The saif (Arabic: سيف), sometimes called a shamshir (from Persian: شمشیر), depending on the era, originated in Arabia before the 7th century. Little is known about this weapon besides what Al-Kindi wrote in his treatise On Swords in the 9th century.
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On Swords in the 9th century. In the article "Introduction to the Study of Islamic Arms and Armour", A. Rahman Zaky says the saif is "[a]n Arabsword, [with]...
East by Central Asian ghilmans. These swords include the Persian shamshir (the origin of the word scimitar), the Arab saif, the Indian talwar, the North...
This is a list of types of swords. The term sword used here is a narrow definition. This is not a general List of premodern combat weapons and does not...
of swords; a sword was simply a single-edged or double-edged knife. Historical terms without a universal consensus of definition (i.e. "arming sword",...
A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be...
A katana (刀, かたな) is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two...
Ages, the typical sword (sometimes academically categorized as the knightly sword, arming sword, or in full, knightly arming sword) was a straight, double-edged...
The Viking Age sword (also Viking sword) or Carolingian sword is the type of sword prevalent in Western and Northern Europe during the Early Middle Ages...
A Japanese sword (Japanese: 日本刀, Hepburn: nihontō) is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan. Bronze swords were made as early as...
Circassian, Christian and Arab Muslim communities. The battalion produced several generals for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The Sword Battalion had a small...
A Mameluke sword /ˈmæməluːk/ is a cross-hilted, curved, scimitar-like sword historically derived from sabres used by Mamluk warriors of Mamluk Egypt after...
The small sword or smallsword (also court sword, Gaelic: claidheamh beag or claybeg, French: épée de cour, lit. “Sword of the court”) is a light one-handed...
A longsword (also spelled as long sword or long-sword) is a type of European sword characterized as having a cruciform hilt with a grip for primarily two-handed...
romanized: uṟumi; Sinhala: එතුණු කඩුව, romanized: ethunu kaduwa) is a sword with a flexible, whip-like blade, originating in modern-day Kerala in the...
specifically a sword or a club, although it approximates a European broadsword. Historian John Pohl defines the weapon as a "kind of a saw sword". According...
Bronze Age swords appeared from around the 17th century BC, in the Black Sea and Aegean regions, as a further development of the dagger. They were replaced...
Gujarat sword dance and the Khattak sword dance are performed on festive occasions.[citation needed] Arabsword dances (raqs al-saïf) evolved out of sword fighting...
The khopesh (ḫpš; also vocalized khepesh) is an Egyptian sickle-shaped sword that developed from battle axes. A typical khopesh is 50–60 cm (20–24 inches)...
The hook sword, twin hooks, fu tao, hu tou gou (tiger head hook) or shuang gou (Chinese: 鈎 or 鉤; pinyin: Gōu) is a Chinese weapon traditionally associated...
claidheamh-mòr, "great sword") is either the Scottish variant of the late medieval two-handed sword or the Scottish variant of the basket-hilted sword. The former...
(/ˈreɪpiər/) or espada ropera ('dress sword') is a type of sword used in Renaissance Spain to designate a sword with a straight, slender and sharply pointed...
(Classical Latin: [ˈɡɫadiʊs]) is a Latin word properly referring to the type of sword that was used by ancient Roman foot soldiers starting from the 3rd century...
Japanese sword mountings are the various housings and associated fittings (tosogu) that hold the blade of a Japanese sword when it is being worn or stored...
A pistol sword is a sword with a pistol or revolver attached, usually alongside the blade. It differs from a rifle with a bayonet attached, in that the...
estoc in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The French estoc is a type of sword, also called a tuck in English, in use from the 14th to the 17th century...