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Shamshir


Shamshir or the Mameluke sword which belongs to the Seljuk empire swords and it took the Persian name (Shamshir) when it was brought to Persia by the islamic Seljuk Empire Seljuk Khanate in the 12th century, Originally Persian swords were straight and double edged. The curved scimitar blades were Central Asian Turkic Muslims in origin. and it is a type of sabre with a curve that is considered radical for a sword: 5 to 15 degrees from tip to tip. The name is derived from Persian: شمشیر‎‎ shamshīr, which means "sword" (in general). The radically curved sword family includes the shamshir, scimitar, Talwar, kilij, Pulwar and the sabre.

A Shamshir Shekargar (Persian: شَمشیر شکارگَر‎‎ shamshir-e shekârgar; literally, "hunters' sword" or "hunting sword") is the same as a shamshir, except the blade is engraved and decorated, usually with hunting scenes.

Originally Persian swords were straight and double edged. The curved scimitar blades were Muslims of Central Asian in origin. The earliest evidence of curved swords, or scimitars, is from the 9th century, when these weapons were used by soldiers in the Khurasan region of Central Asia. The sword now called a "shamshir" was introduced to Iran by the Turkic Seljuk Khanate in the 12th century and was later popularized in Persia by the early 16th century, and had "relatives" in Turkey (the kilij), the Mughal Empire (the talwar), and the adjoining Arabian world (the saif) and (the sam-saam).


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