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Definition of Jambiyahs
1. jambiyah [n] - See also: jambiyah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jambiyahs
Literary usage of Jambiyahs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Six Months in the Hejaz: An Account of the Mohammedan Pilgrimages to Meccah by John Fryer Keane (1887)
"The iron of the jambiyahs is exceedingly soft, and sharpened by beating out the
edge cold on a small anvil shaped for this purpose only, the sharpening of ..."
2. Zanzibar: City, Island, and Coast by Richard Francis Burton (1872)
"7, directed at the head or preferably at the shoulder : the former is evaded by
leaping or breaking ground, the latter is parried with the shield. jambiyahs ..."
3. Six Months in Meccah: An Account of the Mohammedan Pilgrimage to Meccah by John Fryer Keane (1881)
"jambiyahs are slightly different in make in different parts of Arabia, and are
known by the names of the places that most affect the particular shape. ..."
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