Original 19th Century Massive Arabian Silver Clad Jambiya Dagger with Scabbard and Belt c.1850 Original Items

Original Item: Only One Available. Jambiya, also spelled janbia, janbiya, and jambia (Arabic: جنبية‎ janbīyah), is the Arabic term for dagger, but it is generally used to describe a specific type of dagger with a short curved blade. The term jambiya is used in various Arab countries and India, it is closely associated with the people of Yemen and is prevalent among Muslim men in the Horn of Africa (primarily the Afars of Djibouti).

If you look at original photographs of LAWRENCE OF ARABIA in his traditional Arab robes, this is exactly the type of ARAB Dagger Captain T.E. Lawrence carried in his waist band. This is the Classic Arab Dagger of the Sinai and great deserts of the Middle East that stretch all the way down to Yemen and the Oman on the Indian Ocean. 

This is a classic JAMBIYA dagger featuring a very large gently curved blade in a matching scabbard and a short leather waist belt or shoulder sash. Overall length of this massive example is almost 25″ in scabbard, 20 inches on its own. The blade is wide, double edged, and a very long 15″ in length, which has a high ridge down its center and is almost 3″ wide at the hilt. Hilt and much of the scabbard is fully SILVER clad, heavily embossed with geometric designs.

The belt is in nice used condition, with loads of patina. It does show some more recent repairs, probably including the addition of the buckle.

Most eye catching and ready to display!

Almost certainly a War Trophy brought back from the Desert Campaign during WWI. by some soldier so he could relate his brave deeds of battle to his Grand Children.