A FINE DAGGER (JAMBIYYA)
A FINE DAGGER (JAMBIYYA)

IRAN OR POSSIBLY HYDERABAD FOR THE ARAB MARKET, CIRCA 1800

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A FINE DAGGER (JAMBIYYA)
IRAN OR POSSIBLY HYDERABAD FOR THE ARAB MARKET, CIRCA 1800
The blade of typical shape with central ridge, the gilt-copper hilt delicately engraved with dense floral motifs, the sheath with engraved openwork mounts with whirling palmettes
13½in. (34.3cm.)

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A similar dagger is published in Islamic Arms and Armour from private Danish Collections, Copenhagen, 1982, cat.48, p.92.

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