Welcome to a new article from Swords and More. We know that many of you are interested in the history of weapons from around the world, and today we will specifically talk about the different types of... Arabic swords!
Types of Arabic swords
Below we will tell you about the most important and historically notable types of Arab swords.
Scimitar: This sword, known in the West as the Muslim curved sabre, is light, sharp, with a single edge and a protective metal hilt. Its long, curved blade was designed for thrusting and for stabbing deeply, making the blade cut but follow its trajectory. Its origins are in Persia, although it was also used in India during the 13th and 14th centuries. The peculiarity of its curve is that when attacking from horseback the blade does not embed itself in the opponent and cuts following the trajectory of the rider's blow.
Check out this spectacular Scimitar made in Toledo!
Kabila: The Kabila is a sword with a curved blade. It has the design of the hilt like the Jineta Nazarí sword and the blade like that of a scimitar sword. It is similar to a gumia but longer. The jineta sword was an innovative war weapon for the Muslim cavalry. It was very elaborate in its manufacture, so the nobles and Christian warriors of the Spanish reconquest adapted it and began to manufacture it in Toledo between the 14th and 15th centuries.
Jineta : Well known as a Nasrid sword, introduced in Al-Andalus, it was a type of straight sword, double-edged with a channel up to the middle, with a bony hilt and a rounded pommel. It was one-handed, and its rounded hilts fell towards the blade leaving a minimum space between them. But without a doubt, its most important characteristic was the magnificent workmanship and quality of the materials with which the hilts were made.
The scimitar: The scimitar is an important Arab weapon, single-edged and one-handed, short, curved in its last third, wider than the scimitar, sometimes grooved, and used for cutting. During the Middle Ages and until the Renaissance it was used in the Iberian Peninsula, much of the Mediterranean and especially in Italy.
A stunning Arabian cutlass for your collection!
