A FINE WATERED-STEEL BLADE WITH NAMES OF TWO TALPUR RULERS

IRAN AND INDIA, 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A FINE WATERED-STEEL BLADE WITH NAMES OF TWO TALPUR RULERS
IRAN AND INDIA, 18TH AND EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The watered-steel single-edged blade curving upwards, with gold-damascened inscriptions and talismanic chart (baduh) at forte, one in a cusped medallion and one along the strong edge, with later gilt steel hilt engraved with floral motifs, together with a watered-steel straight blade with rubbed gold-damascened inscription, 18th century, ground down, with sheath
36¾in. (93.3cm.) long (2)

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The gold inscriptions on the blade give the names of two rulers of the Hyderabad (Sind) House, Mir Murad 'Ali Khan and his brother and Mir Ghulam'ali Khan (d. 1811). A sabre owned by Mir Murad 'Ali Khan is in the Wallace collection (OA1762). The Talpurs were noted collectors of watered steel blades such as the present example. The blade is probably 18th century Persian.

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