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Lot 24

A Silver-Mounted Arabian Shamshir Captured From Sheikh Yousef Said Abu Dorrah, Commander-In-Chief Of The Holy Arab Revolution
Late 19th Century, Captured In 1938

30 November 2016, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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A Silver-Mounted Arabian Shamshir Captured From Sheikh Yousef Said Abu Dorrah, Commander-In-Chief Of The Holy Arab Revolution
Late 19th Century, Captured In 1938

With curved blade (old file marks) double-edged towards the point, hilt comprising white-metal quillon-block with pointed langets and bud-shaped quillon terminals, silver-covered grip with bands of filigree along each side and secured by silver wire at the base, and beaked horn pommel-cap secured by pewter nails, in original wooden scabbard covered in leather (some scuffing) with deep silver locket and chape engraved with designs of foliage within beaded borders, the suspension mounts engraved with a flower-head on a boss on each side and each carrying a ring for suspension, and retaining a beadwork suspension cord with tassels (one detached) (2)
83.3 cm. blade

Footnotes

Provenance
Captured by Colonial Policeman Geoffrey J. Morton, together with other personal belongings of Sheikh Yousef Said Abu Dorrah during a combined police and military operation at Rummaneh village, Jenin Division on 4 August 1938 from which he narrowly escaped. Following his escape Abu Dorrah returned to the village soon after and murdered the mukhtar, a crime for which he was executed at the Central Prison, Jerusalem, on 18 February 1941

For a full account see Geoffrey J. Morton, Just The Job, Some Experiences of A Colonial Policeman, 1957, Chapter XI, pp. 82-86 (offered with the lot); and Patrick Bishop, The Reckoning..., 2015

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