She narrowly escaped with her life last year when a female would-be assassin attempted to stab her with a traditional dagger known as a jambiya. ❋ Telegraph Staff (2011)
The only weapon he carried was his jambiya, the traditional Yemeni dagger that dangled from his waistband. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Was in Port Sudan lately and bought a nice old Beja throwing stick, some kaskara, a shield, jambiya and a staff or knobkerrie. ❋ Legatus Hedlius (2008)
Ruha let her hand drop to her jambiya, both angered by the fool's lechery and frightened she would have to slay him to save her honor. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
She pulled her legs away from the walls and dropped, already raising her free hand toward the jambiya between her teeth. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
Ruha did not hesitate; she swung her arm up backward and drove the tip of her jambiya deep into the impostor's torso. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
Wei Dao allowed two of Hsieh's men to help her into the room, then pulled Ruha's jambiya from her sash and pointed the curved blade at the witch. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
Ruha searched for Wei Dao's form at the head of the column, weighing the wisdom of wading through the tangle of bodies to retrieve her late husband's jambiya from the princess. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
She twisted her jambiya in the wound and pushed it toward the creature's underside, praying she would find something that resembled a throat. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
She carried Ruh&'s jambiya clenched between her teeth, and her blinking, squinting eyes were fixed vaguely on the hem of the witch's aba. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
Without realizing she had raised them, the witch found her hands clamped over her pulsing ears, the hilt other dead husband's jambiya pressed against her temple. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
Ruha tried to pull her jambiya, but the sailmender's claw lashed out quick as a serpent and caught her wrist. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
Ruha slipped her jambiya into its sheath and set about unbuckling her belt. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
The princess slipped the jambiya into her sash, then took several moments to straighten her hair and collect herself. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
Deftly, he reached down and pulled Ruha's jambiya from its scabbard, moving so swiftly and smoothly that she did not realize what he was doing until he held the weapon in his hand. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
She used the tip of her jambiya to lift the tarp, then raised her head high enough to peer over the tail boards. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
Godfrey peered over the half-orc's shoulder, then motioned to Ruha's jambiya. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
The witch worked her jambiya down to the latch, then twisted the blade against the jamb. ❋ Denning, Troy (1996)
Hundreds of soldiers moved into the streets to set up checkpoints and enforce a ban on carrying firearms in public, going so far as to check for hidden guns inside the ornamental scabbards of traditional Yemeni jambiya daggers. ❋ Unknown (2011)
