Malay Old & Antique Collections KEMEGA MAYA: Old warriors of Arabian Sultanate Jambiah from Hadrulmaut

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'Kemega Maya' Arts was established in 1999 aiming to provide an online shop for our antique swords and weapons store, previously based in the heart of the Malay Royal Town of Kuala Kangsar, Perak State of Peninsula Malaysia, at the reknown famous Lembah Kuala Antique Market where the locals traded for hundreds of years.

Selling at select Antiques and Arms Fairs as well as online, we offer the collector and dealer a range of fine historic weapons including antique swords, collectible knives and daggers, antique spears, polearms, arms & armours and other items relating to the militaria market.

All of the swords, weapons and items offered within these pages are antique. We take a pride in offering good quality antique pieces to collectors, if there is an item you are looking for do let us know and we will try and help source it for you.

We also specialise in selling fine quality Indo-Malay and Islamic swords. Our items are carefully selected for the enthusiast and quality and rarity are of utmost importance for the pieces we offer. Our shop offers antique weapons from all around the Malay Archipelago from Keris and Klewangs from Indonesia of Javanese and Minangkabaus, Golok, Sundang and weaponries from the Moros, Pattani and Straits Selatis swords from the 'Asean' South East Asia, Dayak Mandau swords from Borneo to Bugis and Riau Lingga Islands.

We hold a specific interest in Early Malay swords and weapons and we are always interested in purchasing good examples from this region, and all other antique swords and weapons related during early crisis with the West.

In our service we are able to accept payments via inter-banking in Malaysia local Banks. Please contact us if you wish to pay via bank transfer or have enquiries about any other payment methods.

Name : Megat Ainuddin Bin Megat Mohd. Nordin

Bank : Bank Simpanan Nasional BSN (Malaysia)

Account No.: 141254 10000 59013

Warmest Welcome to the Malay 'Kemega Maya' Arts - 2013 !

Sunday 13 January 2013

Old warriors of Arabian Sultanate Jambiah from Hadrulmaut

The Arabian Jambiyah- Jambiah is a proud owner of a Malay warrior descendents in the village called Pasir Salak of Perak State in Peninsular Malaysia. The hilt is well carved of Antelope horn and Persian wood type with a screw and bolt design to the blade of the handle. The deeply sharp curved blade represent a pronounced medial ridge to both sides straight to the full sharp needle point curved of this blade. The blade is made solid and finely crafted type of typical Arabian Hadramaut profile carbon steel iron. It shows fine somewhat watered patterning throughout all blade surfaces till the upper in a single thick fuller. Both sheath and hilt are decorated with silver plates fixed with geometric and floral rosettes. It is finished in a fine decorative silver belt chain wear on the sheath for interlocking design device to the blade handle.

A fine collection of the Arabian Traders during the Ottoman Empire 15th Century.