flyssa
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The flyssa, known locally as ajenoui (Kabyle: ajenoui or uturam), is a traditional bladed weapon of Algeria produced and used during the 19th century and earlier. It originates from the Kabyle Iflissen Lebhar tribal confederacy.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Flyssa
- Weapon.origin
- Algeria
- Weapon.type
- Sword, Dagger
- Weapon.is_bladed
- Yes
- Weapon.wars
- Several wars involving Central Maghrebi tribes and nations including:Invasion of Algiers (1775)Invasion of Algiers in 1830French conquest of Algeria
- Weapon.used_by
- Deylik of AlgiersKingdom of Beni AbbasOther Algerian tribes
- Weapon.image
- File:Long Flissa (83cm).png
- Weapon.caption
- A sword-sized flyssa, showing the hilt and the widening of the blade around the center of percussion
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The flyssa, known locally as ajenoui (Kabyle: ajenoui or uturam), is a traditional bladed weapon of Algeria produced and used during the 19th century and earlier. It originates from the Kabyle Iflissen Lebhar tribal confederacy.
== Characteristics == These weapons have blades of various sizes from , and can be classed as varying between long knives and full-sized swords. Whatever their size, flyssas are characterized by narrow, straight-backed, single-edged blades, which come to an acute point. The blades of sword-sized flyssas often widen gradually around the center of percussion, which enhances their cutting ability. The blades are often decorated with chiselled patterns, which are sometimes inlaid.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “flyssa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.