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| Flyssa | |
|---|---|
.png) A sword-sized flyssa, showing the hilt and the widening of the blade around the point of percussion | |
| Type | Sword, Dagger |
| Place of origin | Algeria |
| Service history | |
| Used by |  Deylik of Algiers Kingdom of Beni AbbasOther Algerian tribes |
| Wars | Several wars involving Central Maghrebi tribes and nations including: Invasion of Algiers (1775) Invasion of Algiers in 1830 French conquest of Algeria |
The flyssa, known locally as ajenoui (Kabyle: ajenoui or uturam),[1] is a traditional edged weapon of Algeria produced and used during the 19th century and earlier.[2] It originates from the Kabyle Iflissen Lebhar tribal confederacy.
- ^ E. B (1998-02-01). "Flissa / Iflissen". Encyclopédie berbère (in French) (19): 2857–2862. doi:10.4000/encyclopedieberbere.1944. ISSN 1015-7344.
Les flissa, le mot et la chose, ont une histoire en grande partie obscure. Le nom est d'apparition récente et d'origine française. Le sabre, en kabyle, n'est pas désigné par le nom de la tribu qui le fabrique, mais par le lieu de provenance des lames (ainsi ajenoui : de Gènes). Les Kabyles peuvent aussi donner un nom dérivé du vocable étranger (ainsi yatagan donna uturam).
- ^ Stone, George Cameron (1999). A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times. Courier Dover Publications. p. 234. ISBN 0-486-40726-8.