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Doesn't this look remarkably like a roman gladius? 65.247.221.122 18:45, 19 December 2005 (UTC)Erskine
Look at many different weapons. You'll find alot of them look alike in many ways. The looks don't matter; the way it's used and it's location does.
Dear Erskine
Thanks you for your comment. I am going to edit this article with more details and better information about "Khanjali" (this is the way it is spelled in Georgian) and I am going to include your opinion in it. I believe that Khanjali (or Kinjal) is a traditionally Georgian weapon, rather than any other parts of Caucasus. However, the clothing and weapons are also used in some northern caucasian tribes. Georgian weapons tend to have a straight shape, like other European swords, when in the neighbour counrties of Georgia, such as Turkey and Azebaijan the weapons are curly, because of the Persian and Ottoman influence. Ancient Romans did not really conquer Georgia, but Pompeious fought a battle outside
Tiflis, the capital of Georgia. Once again, thank you for your comment and I will include that in the article I write about "Khanjali".
Sincerely
Sosomk
15 years with the wrong name! Probably not a record on Wikipedia, but still disappointing. The article began life with the correct name "kindjal" then give a non-standard title for the completely pov reason that the weapon was claimed by the name changer to be "Georgian". Maybe someone with knowledge of how to justify article name changes, something about the number of rs sources that use the term, can produce the evidence to get it back to Kindjal. 92.4.23.2 ( talk) 00:11, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
Given the geographic and linguistic proximity, some discussion going beyond the Caucasus and links to khanjar and qama would be appropriate.
The old article was far too Georgian centric and written by people who clearly learned about Caucasian arms through pop history journal articles.
This dagger is not just Georgian, it was used everywhere in the Caucasus. In academic literature and in the collecting world, it goes by the name Kindjal which is what needs to be used. I intend to greatly expand the article in the future detailing all the styles (Including exclusively Georgian ones) of Kindjals, but since the article only deals with the Tbilisi style at the moment the correct information needs to be presented, ie the industry was dominated almost exclusively by Armenians and Dagestanis, with very few Georgians being involved in it (In Tbilisi, Western Georgia was an entirely different story). Wrobeli ( talk) 02:51, 12 March 2024 (UTC)
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Doesn't this look remarkably like a roman gladius? 65.247.221.122 18:45, 19 December 2005 (UTC)Erskine
Look at many different weapons. You'll find alot of them look alike in many ways. The looks don't matter; the way it's used and it's location does.
Dear Erskine
Thanks you for your comment. I am going to edit this article with more details and better information about "Khanjali" (this is the way it is spelled in Georgian) and I am going to include your opinion in it. I believe that Khanjali (or Kinjal) is a traditionally Georgian weapon, rather than any other parts of Caucasus. However, the clothing and weapons are also used in some northern caucasian tribes. Georgian weapons tend to have a straight shape, like other European swords, when in the neighbour counrties of Georgia, such as Turkey and Azebaijan the weapons are curly, because of the Persian and Ottoman influence. Ancient Romans did not really conquer Georgia, but Pompeious fought a battle outside
Tiflis, the capital of Georgia. Once again, thank you for your comment and I will include that in the article I write about "Khanjali".
Sincerely
Sosomk
15 years with the wrong name! Probably not a record on Wikipedia, but still disappointing. The article began life with the correct name "kindjal" then give a non-standard title for the completely pov reason that the weapon was claimed by the name changer to be "Georgian". Maybe someone with knowledge of how to justify article name changes, something about the number of rs sources that use the term, can produce the evidence to get it back to Kindjal. 92.4.23.2 ( talk) 00:11, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
Given the geographic and linguistic proximity, some discussion going beyond the Caucasus and links to khanjar and qama would be appropriate.
The old article was far too Georgian centric and written by people who clearly learned about Caucasian arms through pop history journal articles.
This dagger is not just Georgian, it was used everywhere in the Caucasus. In academic literature and in the collecting world, it goes by the name Kindjal which is what needs to be used. I intend to greatly expand the article in the future detailing all the styles (Including exclusively Georgian ones) of Kindjals, but since the article only deals with the Tbilisi style at the moment the correct information needs to be presented, ie the industry was dominated almost exclusively by Armenians and Dagestanis, with very few Georgians being involved in it (In Tbilisi, Western Georgia was an entirely different story). Wrobeli ( talk) 02:51, 12 March 2024 (UTC)