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[[File:Arakh_1.jpg|thumb|Dothraki arakh ([[TV Series]]), HBO Inc.©]]
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[[File:Arakh_1.jpg|thumb|350px|thumb|right|Dothraki arakh ([[TV Series]]), HBO Inc.©]]
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[[File:Tomasz Jedruszek a bloodrider.jpg|350px|thumb|right|[[Dothraki]] wielding an arakh. Note that this arakh should have more of a curve to it - by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games]]
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An '''arakh''' is a sword commonly used by the [[Dothraki]]. It is shaped half like a sword and half like a scythe. <ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 11|Chapter 11]], Daenerys</ref>
  
An '''arakh''' is a sword commonly used by the [[Dothraki]]. It is shaped half like a sword and half like a scythe.<ref>[[A Game of Thrones]], [[A Game of Thrones-Chapter 11|Chapter 11]], Daenerys</ref>
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==Notes==
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According to a representative of Valyrian Steel <ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/63729-is-it-worth-buying-valyrian-steel-swords/page__st__40#entry3470141/ Westeros Forum. 04 August 2012]</ref> HBO arakhs are similar to [[w: khopeshes|khopeshes]] whereas in [[A Song of Ice and Fire]], arakhs are more like [[w:scimitar|scimitars]]. The arakh has a very significant curve, similar to very fine Persian [[w:shamshir|shamshir]] swords: <ref>[http://www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=3691/ Fine Persian Shamshir Swords]</ref>
  
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==See Also==
 
''See Also'': [[Armament]], for further info on various weapon types.
 
''See Also'': [[Armament]], for further info on various weapon types.
  

Revision as of 17:58, 11 July 2013

Dothraki arakh (TV Series), HBO Inc.©
Dothraki wielding an arakh. Note that this arakh should have more of a curve to it - by Tomasz Jedruszek. © Fantasy Flight Games

An arakh is a sword commonly used by the Dothraki. It is shaped half like a sword and half like a scythe. [1]

Notes

According to a representative of Valyrian Steel [2] HBO arakhs are similar to khopeshes whereas in A Song of Ice and Fire, arakhs are more like scimitars. The arakh has a very significant curve, similar to very fine Persian shamshir swords: [3]

See Also

See Also: Armament, for further info on various weapon types.


References and Notes