Damascus Blade Dagger The most common explanation is that steel is named after Damascus, the capital city of Syria and one of the largest cities in the ancient Levant. It may either refer to swords made or sold in Damascus directly, or it may just refer to the aspect of the typical patterns, by comparison with Damask fabrics (also named for Damascus), [8][9] or it may indeed stem from the root word of "damas". The origin of the name "Damascus Steel" is contentious: the Islamic scholars al-Kindi (full name Abu Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi, circa 800 CE – 873 CE) and al-Biruni (full name Abu al-Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni, circa 973 CE – 1048 CE) both wrote about swords and steel made for swords, based on their surface appearance, geographical location of production or forging, or the name of the smith, and each mentions "damascene" or "damascus" swords to some extent. #sirohitalwar #damascus #damascusblade #dagger #indiansirohitalwar #sirohitalwarandhandicraft #punjabitalwar #maharastra #maratha #Rajputtalwar #jhatakatalwar #kashmiritalwar #ertugralghazi #punjabikirpan #rajasthanitalwar #silverworktalwar #sirohi