Qama

An example of a qama short sword

The Qama (Turkish: Kama) alternately spelled Quama and known as Kina in the Caucasus and a Kama in Georgia, is a type of long and wide double edged fighting knife or short sword, native to Circassia and neighboring regions in the Caucasus.[1] The Qama was traditionally carried by the cossacks adopting it from the Circassians and is referred to as the "Cossack dagger", and commonly as the Kindjal in Russia and the Ukraine. It resembles the Roman gladius, and Scottish Dirk.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Tyrrell, Henry (1855). The History of the War with Russia: Giving Full Details of the Operations of the Allied Armies. London: London Print. and Publishing Company. p. 5.
  2. ↑ Holmes, Richard (2 October 2006). Weapon: A Visual History of Arms and Armor. DK Publishing. p. 187. ISBN 978-0-7566-4219-8.
  3. ↑ Egerton, Earl Wilbraham Egerton (1880). An Illustrated Handbook of Indian Arms: Being a Classified and Descriptive Catalogue of the Arms Exhibited at the India Museum: with an Introductory Sketch of the Military History of India. W.H. Allen. p. 143.
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