A gold koftgari watered-steel sword (khanda)
India, dated samvat 1835/ AD 1778
the double-edged watered steel blade widening towards the tip, reinforced along its spine and lower edge with applied steel cuff decorated in gold overlay with palmette arcades, the hilt decorated in gold overlay with floral sprays, foliate and geometric designs and bands of inscription in nagari, the pommel with rattle, the wood scabbard clad in red velvet with gold-overlaid split-palmette mount
102.5 cm. long
Footnotes:
Provenance
The Mohammed Khalil Collection.

Published
M. K. Ibrahim, Islamic Arms and Armour, Vol. II, United Arab Emirates, 2022, p. 625, cat. no. 422.

Inscriptions: समत १८३५ का फगण सुद चबात्र सु ...., 'Samvat 1835 [1778 CE] ka fagan [Month starts Mid February to mid march] sud chabbattar [74]'; गा राज श्री नाहार सींघ जी मो रंच, 'Ga raj shri Nahar Singh Ji mo ranch ma ri'.
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