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Civil war navy officer sword9/2/2023 ![]() ![]() but the blade tended to resemble the blade-form typical of contemporary Western military sabres. In short, the hilt retained its original shape. Although some genuine Ottoman sabres were used by Westerners, most "mameluke sabres" were manufactured in Europe or America their hilts were very similar in form to the Ottoman prototype, but their blades tended to be longer, narrower and less curved than those of the true kilij, while being wider and also less curved than the Persian shamshir. It was adopted in the 19th century by several Western militaries, including the French Army, British Army, Royal Sardinian Army, Royal Italian Army and the United States Marine Corps. ![]() In Anatolia and the Balkans the sabre developed characteristics that eventually produced the Ottoman kilij. The curved sabre was originally of Central Asian Turkic in origin from where the style migrated to the Middle East, Europe, India and North Africa. Egypt was, at least nominally, part of the Ottoman Empire and the sword most commonly used in Egypt was the same as used elsewhere in the empire, the kilij. 1863, with a Mameluke sword, Princeton University Art MuseumĪ Mameluke sword / ˈ m æ m ə l uː k/ is a cross- hilted, curved, scimitar-like sword historically derived from sabres used by Mamluk warriors of Mamluk Egypt after whom the sword is named. ![]()
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