Djerid (weapon)
Djerid is a type of throwing spear about 3 ft. long, usually with a wooden haft and small steel head but sometimes all steel used for hunting and warfare. Arab in origin, it was used in Asia Minor, India and Africa; later in Rus' and other eastern Europe, including Poland. Sometimes several weapons were carried in a quiver.
A mounted combat game, the Jarid Bazi, was played by the Biluchis, but here the jarid is described as a long spear.
A similar game, involving the thrown djerid, was observed being played by the Pasha of Jerusalem and his officers and attendants by Lt. William Francis Lynch in the 19th century.''
