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  • noun Alternative spelling of jambiya.

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Examples

  • Dressed in a white Yemeni robe, turban and with a traditional jambiyah dagger tucked into his waistband, Anwar Al-Awlaki used the 45-minute video posted Sunday to justify civilian deaths – and encourage them – by accusing the United States of intentionally killing a million Muslim civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

    Anwar Al Awlaki, Yemeni Cleric, Advocates Killing Americans In Al Qaeda Video 2010

  • Dressed in a white Yemeni robe, turban and with a traditional jambiyah dagger tucked into his waistband, Anwar Al-Awlaki used the 45-minute video posted Sunday to justify civilian deaths – and encourage them – by accusing the United States of intentionally killing a million Muslim civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.

    Anwar Al Awlaki, Yemeni Cleric, Advocates Killing Americans In Al Qaeda Video 2010

  • They grew their beards long and jammed curved jambiyah knives into leather bandoliers.

    Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

  • They grew their beards long and jammed curved jambiyah knives into leather bandoliers.

    Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010

  • Omar had cast aside his gun and, armed with a keen _jambiyah_, had engaged two tall, muscular Arabs, both of whom he succeeded in hurling from the path, gashed and bleeding, to instant death.

    The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason William Le Queux 1895

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