The Khazars [a] (/ ˈ x ɑː z ɑːr z /) were a semi nomadic Turkic people who, in the late 6th century CE, established a major commercial empire covering the southeastern section of modern European Russia, southern Ukraine, Crimea, and Kazakhstan. [10]

Rare antique medieval sword-saber from the 9th -11 century AD, Turkic Khazar or the al-Arsiya military corps. The Khazars were nomadic Turkic people best known for converting to Judaism in the 8th and 9th centuries.

The Turco-Mongol sabre, alternatively known as the Eurasian sabre [1] or nomadic sabre, [2] was a type of sword used by a variety of nomadic peoples of the Eurasian steppes, including Turkic and Mongolic groups, primarily between the 8th and 14th centuries.

A typically 10 century Rus weapon, probably under the Khazar Khaganate influence. --- You will appreciate the precision work of our blacksmith. The entire sword / saber is forged in accordance with the proportions of the original artifact.

Apr 10, 2025 · This sabre is very well balanced, and allow to hit fastly during historical fightings during reconstructions events. Forged in U.E. by skilled craftmens on order within 1 month! Suitable for historical fencing, like western-eastern fight!

khazar / cuman / avar sabre Replica of a Khazar saber from the early Middle Ages (9th century). Very similar examples are known among the Avars, who fought the Carolingians, and the Cumans.

A celebrated blade that relates to the Khazar group is the so-called "Charlemagne Sabre", one of the oldest sabres from the western steppe preserved in Europe; believed at one time to be the gift of Harun al-Rashid to Charlemagne, but now thought to have been brought back by Eric of Friuli in A.D. 796, the sword is housed in the Schatzkammer of ...

An anonymous Persian author of an essay entitled “Borders of the World”, when describing the Khazar (Caspian) Sea, mentions the Oguz and Khorezm in the east, in the north — again the Oguz, then, in the north and northwest, the Khazars…

The sabers of the Khazar period were a type of narrow, single-edged straight palash. The scabbards elements from the 8th to early 10th centuries were often decorated with three palmettos or lotus patterns very similar to those found on belt fittings.

Sabre Rus / Khazarian (with scabbard). X-XIII AD. quantity. We take paymets via Transferwise / Western Union / bank transfer / PayPal. We ship by EMS or Ordinary registered mail.