A PERSIAN JAMBIYA with curved finely watered double-edged blade with medial ridge on each side, steel hilt of characteristic form, made in four parts and chiselled with shaped panels containing religious invocations in Naskh and Nastaliq script against a gold-filled ground, in original leather-covered wooden scabbard with silver locket and chape embossed and chased with Persepolitan court and hunting scenes, 19th Century