A scimitar (pronounced /ˈsɪmɪtər/) is a sword with a curved blade design finding its origins in Southwest Asia (Middle East).
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The name can be used to refer to almost any Middle Eastern or South Asian sword with a curved blade, and is often thought of as having a ridge near the end. They include Arabic saif, Indian talwar, Persian shamshir, Turkish kilij and yatağan, and Chinese Dao, among others. During the Yuan Dynasty the Turko-Mongol sabre was introduced and then the Chinese dynasties starting incorporating it for use in their armies.
On Criminal Minds
- Season Three
- Jonny McHale ("True Night") - A vigilante, one-time mass murderer, one-time abductor, and serial-turned-spree killer who used dual scimitars to murder his victims in his delusions. In reality, he was likely using a single katana, as one was found in his belongings, though a pair of Dao were found at the Glen Hill crime scene, suggesting at least some of Jonny's murders may have been committed using them.