Talk:Shamshir

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I don't really see why it's neccessary to include a list of games which included weapons named Shamshir. --24.214.26.159 05:15, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I took out the long entry about Fire Emblem. There was no reason to list all of that information from that game and not others. --User:Durahan

I took out the random reference to some unknown dancer named Shamshir. I can only guess he added it himself. 18.33.1.40 (talk) 03:25, 24 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that many people believe that the shamshir originated in the 9th century in Central Asia (the Khurasan region). But this is a complete misconception, in the 7th century one of the most famous muslim swords was ever weilded. It was the sword of Imam Ali, also known as Zulfiqar. This sword is known by all muslims, not only the shiites or sunnis. This sword is known to have a double head at the tip of the curve. This sword has been written about by many Arabic and Persian writers. There is no doubt that close to all muslims believe in this swords existance. So the fact of the matter is that the curved like sword we all know as the shamshir was never founded in Central Asia in the 9th century, but much farther back by the peoples of the Arabian peninsula. There may have been many more before Zulfiqar and we just don't know. I believe that the curved sword type blade originated in the Arabian peninsula and spread with Islam throughout the regions of North Africa and central Asia. After all the people of Khurasan in Central Asia were Muslim.

Vlad III the Impaler Carried a Shamshir. Might be notable to mention that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.187.242.189 (talk) 02:02, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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