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Heavil patinated head and handle with traces of engraving. The tabar (also called tabarzin, which means "saddle axe" [in persian], Persian: تبر) is a type of battle axe. The term tabar is used for axes originating from the Ottoman Empire, Persia, India and surrounding countries and cultures.
What made the Persian axe unique is the very thin handle, which is very light and always metallic. [17] The tabar became one of the main weapons throughout the Middle East, and was always carried at a soldier's waist not only in Persia but Egypt, and the Arab world from the time of the Crusades.
Category. : Indo-Persian weaponry. "Indo-Persian weaponry" were weapons (artillery, swords, etc.) that were employed, and/or manufactured in Persia, the Ottoman Empire, India and other nearby countries.
Persians used a variety of maces and fielded large numbers of heavily armoured and armed cavalry (see Cataphract ). For a heavily armed Persian knight, a mace was as effective as a sword or battle axe. In fact, Shahnameh has many references to heavily armoured knights facing each other using maces, axes, and swords.
An axe with a longer handle, called tarangalah, was also used. The shafts of the tabar ranged from 17 to 23 inches (430 to 580 mm) in length with a head from 5 to 6 inches (130 to 150 mm) one way and 3 to 5 inches (76 to 127 mm) the other.
Mohammad Mohammadi Tabar, a cleric, wrote on X that Iranians should “deal a firm blow to those who are giddy”.
The word comes from the Old Persian word asabāra (from asa - and bar, a frequently used Achaemenid military technical term). [citation needed] The various other renderings of the word are the following: Parthian asbār (spelt spbr or SWSYN ), Middle Persian aswār (spelt ʼswbʼl or SWSYA ), Classical Persian suwār ( سوار ), uswār / iswār ( اسوار ), Modern Persian savār ...
Daylamites. The Daylamites or Dailamites ( Middle Persian: Daylamīgān; Persian: دیلمیان Deylamiyān) were an Iranian people inhabiting the Daylam —the mountainous regions of northern Iran on the southwest coast of the Caspian Sea, [1] now comprising the southeastern half of Gilan Province . The Daylamites were warlike people skilled ...
Tabarbour is one of the largest areas of Tariq municipality in Amman, Jordan. Near the entrance to the area lie Roman ruins with a dedication to a great leader at the time. The area is inhabited by approximately 250,000 people. It is one of the most populated areas of Amman due to its strategic location, linking all regions of Amman and the ...
The saintie is an Indo-Persian parrying spear. It is a staff weapon that can be used both for offensive and defensive purposes. They have been produced since the 16th century and were used up to the 19th century. The use of saintie is extremely scarce today. [1]