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Turko-Mongol sabre

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Rus had an earlier history of straight swords from the earlier Viking age, but starting in the 10th century, the sabre was adopted as well. From the 10th through 13th centuries sabre use spread from southeastern Rus and made its way northward. Finds prior to the Mongol invasion show almost, but not
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A common feature of the hilts was a bend just below the pommel. This is partly due to construction of the pommel and tang and partly a feature intended to aid a mounted warrior swinging the weapon at an opponent. The hilt bore short quillions that often swept slightly forward, but could also be
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Although minor variations occur in size and hilt, they are common enough in design across five centuries that individual blades are difficult to date when discovered without other context. These swords were likely however, already influenced by swords used by others, such as the various Chinese
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starting in the early 16th century. Indeed, these Hungarian and Polish examples of sword and cavalry would become so effective that the great powers of Europe would later take from this design in the development of the modern period cavalry
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since at least the 8th century, and it was a favored weapon among the Mongol aristocracy. Its effectiveness for mounted warfare and popularity among soldiers across the entirety of the Mongol empire had lasting effects.
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Literal translation: "worn sabre" or "carried sabre". This is actually a loose term referring to all sabres worn on belt or waist in Chinese language, not merely indicates to Turko-Mongol sabers and other curved
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respectively in the 16th century. While these Islamic blades often retained tunkou showing their Turko-Mongol heritage, even by the 15th century the device had become a stylized decorative element.
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These swords measured between 75 and 100 centimetres (30–39 in) in blade length and bore a gentle curve, leading to a pointed tip useful for thrusting. They were designed for use on
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during the medieval period to combat the heavy armour that was being used in European warfare, the arrival of Turkic warfare, first with the Mongols and secondly with the
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were all straight and mostly double edged (similar to European arming swords blades). Although Turko-Mongol sabres have been found among a Turkic slave of the
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Cosma, Călin (2018). "Seventh- Eighth-century Swords, Sabres, and Backswords discovered in Transylvania, Maramureș, and the Romanian Banat".
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etc., from which the paramerion may have derived. Later Byzantine images, from the 14th century onwards, show very curved swords with a
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groups, primarily between the 8th and 14th centuries. One of the earliest recorded sabres of this type was recovered from an
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Inkova, Mariela (2013). "A Medieval Sabre And a Knife from the Exhibition of the National Museum of History in Sofia".
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Samgin, Von Sergey (2016). "A New Hypothesis of the Genesis of the Ottoman Yataghan: the Crimean connection".
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Tom, Philip M. W. (2001). "Some Notable Sabers of the Qing Dynasty at The Metropolitan Museum of Art".
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In China, Mongol influence lasted long after the collapse of the Yuan dynasty at the hands of the
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invasion of Afghanistan and India brought these sabres to the subcontinent, developing into the
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in the first half of the 15th century. The Mongol style sabres continued to remain in use in
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and neighboring peoples frequently encountered these blades at the hands of Turkic raiders.
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Three 17th century swords with influence from the Turko-Mongol line: the North African
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quite, as many sabres as straight swords in use in Rus during these three centuries.
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until the late 16th century, at which point they developed into the recognizable
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straight. Just after this, the hand guard on the forte of the blade, called a
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Eastern Europe had long had contact with nomadic steppe groups such as the
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used by a variety of nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppes, including
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invasion of China in the early 13th century and the formation of the
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developed the Turko-Mongol sabre into a distinct version called the
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which exists in uniform dress of many armies to this very day.
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