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A rare Ghaznavid gold-inlaid steel dagger Persia, 11th/ 12th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade of straight form with flattened spine, en...

A rare Ilkhanid steel sword (kilij) Persia, 13th/14th Centurythe single-edged steel blade of curved form with flattened spine, yelman and doubled-...

A rare Ilkhanid or Timurid steel sword Central Asia, 13th/ 14th Centurythe single-edged steel blade of slightly curved form with flattened spine a...

A Mamluk steel helmet Egypt or Syria, 14th/ 15th Centuryof domed form surmounted by a post finial, with later adjustable noseguard, engraved and d...

An Ottoman silver and gold-damascened steel leg guard (greave) Turkey, 15th/ 16th Centuryof typical form, engraved and overlaid in silver with spl...

A rare Polish sword with finely watered-steel Persian blade signed by Shaghani Poland, the blade probably Persia, 16th/ 17th Centurythe single-edg...

A fine Safavid kirk narduban watered-steel sword (shamshir) signed by Akbar bin Mulla Sadiq Isfahani Persia, the blade 17th/ 18th Centurythe singl...

A rare votive 'sword' Tunisia, dated AH 1099/ AD 1688the thick steel blade with wider section towards end, with blunt edges, engraved throughout ...

A Qajar gem-set jade-hilted watered-steel dagger (kard) Persia, 19th Centurythe single-edged watered-steel blade of tapering form, chiselled to t...

An Ottoman lacquered composite bow Turkey, 18th Centuryof curving form with flattened grip, decorated in polychrome lacquer and gilt with floral d...

A leather-mounted steel sword (kattara) Oman or Zanzibar, 19th Centurythe double-edged steel blade of tapering form, engraved to one side with orb...

A gem-set enamelled and gold-hilted steel dagger (khanjar) India, probably Deccan, 18th Centurythe double-edged watered steel blade of curved form...

A fine gold-inlaid watered-steel push dagger (katar) India, 17th/ 18th Centurythe double-edged watered-steel blade with armour piercing tip, chise...

A Mughal rock crystal-hilted steel dagger (khanjar) India, 18th Centurythe double-edged steel blade of curved form with two fullers, terminating i...

A jade-hilted gold koftgari steel camel head dagger (kard) India, 19th Centurythe single-edged steel blade of tapering form, the collar decorated ...

A gold koftgari watered-steel sword (khanda) India, dated samvat 1835/ AD 1778the double-edged watered steel blade widening towards the tip, reinf...

A fine horn and gilt-brass mounted officer's sword (kilij) in the Tipuesque Fashion India, circa 1800the single-edged pattern-welded steel blade o...

A gold koftgari-hilted finely watered-steel sword signed by Mir 'Ali and bearing the name of Khan Nusrat Jang Muhammad Bahawal-Khan 'Abbasi Bahadu...

A gold koftgari steel sword (tulwar) with watered-steel hilt India, 19th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade of curved form, chiselled and...

A gilt-copper hilted steel 'tears of the afflicted' dagger India, Kutch, 19th Centurythe double-edged steel blade of curved form watered with chev...

A gilt-copper mounted steel dagger (jambiyya) for the Arabian Market India, probably Kutch, 19th Centurythe double-edged watered steel blade of cu...

A gilt-copper helmet India, probably Kutch, 19th Centuryof domed form with inverted floral finial surmounted by a cylindrical plume holder, decora...

A gilt-silver overlaid steel push dagger (katar) Kutch, 18th/ 19th Centurythe double-edged steel blade with chiselled spine and two fullers, with ...

A rare 'Ganja-jamuna' mail suit reputedly from the armoury of Maharao Raja Ram Singh of Bundi (reg. 1821-1889) Rajasthan, India, circa 1860compris...

A rare gold koftgari steel combination percussion pistol push dagger (katar) India, 19th Centurythe watered steel blade of typical form with armou...

A fine pair of koftgari steel armguards (dastana) India, 19th Centuryeach of typical form, profusely decorated in gold overlay with floral and fol...

A painted leather shield (dhal) Mewar, North India, 19th Centuryof convex form, decorated in polychrome and gold paint with four lions hunting oth...

An unusual gold-koftgari steel axe head Sialkhot, 18th/ 19th Centuryof elongated slightly curved form with flattened spine, the butt of multiface...

An important and early bronze portrait medallion of the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, the Conqueror (reg. 1444-1446 and 1451-1481) Italy, circa 1450of...

A silver-mounted miquelet rifle Algeria, dated AH 1263/ AD 1846the watered steel barrel clasped by five repoussé silver capouchines decorated in f...

A fine Mughal walrus ivory-hilted watered-steel lion head dagger North India, 17th Centurythe double-edged watered-steel blade with armour piercin...

A fine gold-koftgari watered-steel push dagger (katar) South India, 17th/ 18th Centurythe double-edged watered-steel blade of slightly curved form...

A gold-koftgari steel push dagger (katar) North India, 18th/ 19th Centurythe double-edged steel blade with armour piercing tip, recessed to each s...

A fine Mughal gold-koftgari watered-steel saddle axe (tabarzin) North India, 17th/ 18th Centuryof typical form, the haft decorated in gold overlay...

A Mughal jade-hilted gold-koftgari steel dagger (khanjar) North India, 18th Centurythe double-edged steel blade of curved form, the forte decorate...

A silver hilted steel dagger (kukri) Nepal, 19th Centurythe curved blade widening towards the point, the silver hilt with flaring pommel, decorate...

An unusual war scythe (matchu) with pommel from the hilt of a sword from the armoury of Tipu Sultan Mysore and South India, late 18th and 19th C...

A silver-hilted finely watered-steel dagger (khyber) North India, 18th/ 19th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade of tapering form with fla...

A saddle axe (tabarzin) bearing the name of Maharaja Jung Bahadur (reg. 1846-1856) India or Nepal, 19th Centurythe steel axe head of crescent form...

A silver hilted steel sword Indonesia, 18th Centurythe single-edged steel blade of curved form, the forte mounted with openwork triangular silver ...

A Singhalese coral-mounted kastane Sri Lanka, 19th Centurythe single-edged steel blade of curved form with octagonal grip, knuckle guard and quill...

Joseph Davey Cunningham, A History of the Sikhs, from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej John Murray, London, 1853second editio...

A group of sixteen letters from the Maharajahs of Patiala, Kapurthala, Jind and Faridkot, to various addressees, including Stanley Baldwin, former...

A BRONZE 'DRAGON' DAGGER-AXE, GEShang DynastyThe hilt in the form of a bird's head with the beak forming the curved edge, cast with channels inten...