Word: khanjars
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...year-old rebel, who has been visiting college campuses across the United States under the pseudonym Hamed Khanjar, told the Science Center crowd that "Afghanistan has never before been conquered, and I believe that Afghanistan will be free again...
...Khanjar, speaking at the invitation of the Republican Club, described the toy bombs and mines used by the Soviets against Afghan citizens in an "unsuccessful attempt to demoralize the Afghani people." Such weapons, which maim and mutilate rather than kill, have been banned by the Geneva Convention...
...Cabinet room of his new $15 million royal palace on the Muscat waterfront, Sultan Qaboos bin Said sits on a throne emblazoned with the royal coat of arms, crossed swords held together by a khanjar, the distinctive dagger worn by Omani males. On his desk, along with several folders marked "top secret," is a copy of Jane's Fighting Ships. His headdress is purple silk; his robe is white and partially covered by a black cloak trimmed with gold. At his waist is a khanjar, the hilt marked with a design to be used only by the ruler...
...evidence everywhere were the King's bodyguards, four swarthy, husky men in short, blue, lace-trimmed jackets, each carrying a sef (sword), khanjar (dagger) and pistol, all of which, Abdullah Balkhair explained, were merely ceremonial. They stood in sharp contrast to a few others in the party, beneath whose traditional robes reporters spotted signs of a more modern dress; one Saudi's robe flapped open to reveal a powder-blue ensemble-silk sports shirt buttoned at the neck, double-breasted blue zoot suit. The best and saddest scene-stealer of the group was sloe-eyed Prince Mashhur...