Subject: غازى ġāzī desert raider
Culture: Moroccan
Setting: French/Spanish/civil wars, Morocco 1844-1912
Object: nimsha saber
Musée de Marrakech *
* USS Constitution
"Tunisian Scimitar, c1800 ... Barbary swords had distinctive curved blades,
which were later copied in some American cutlasses including those used by the U.S. Marines."
Musée de Marrakech *
"Epée Début 19ème siècle Argent et cuivre"
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Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *
"Sword (nimsha) Moroccan, dated 1835/6 (1251 AH)
The nimsha is characterised by its horn hilt with double,
forward-curving quillons. This is an elaborate presentation example,
