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A MUGHAL TULWAR SWORD

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:NA Estimated At:1,200.00 - 1,500.00 USD
A MUGHAL TULWAR SWORD
Auctions Imperial is pleased to announce our 2013 sale, to be held March 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Timonium, Maryland. Over 300 lots of choice antique arms and armor including armor, helmets, shields, swords, daggers, battleaxes, maces, halberds, matchlocks, flintlocks and percussion pieces will be offered. Our fine selection for 2013 includes broadswords, baskethilts, shamshirs, shashkas, palas, kindjals, khanjars, tulwars and spears, as well as chain mail and breastplates. This sale will also include important swords and daggers from the Greek War of Independence and the armor of the K...
A massive example, the iron hilt finely inlaid in elaborate gilded flowering vinework. The fine, undulating blade wrought of intricately pattern-welded damascus steel , chiseled in floral motifs and inlaid with Arabic inscriptions in gold at the forte, including YA ALLAH! The tip with Zulfaqar bifurcation. 19th century. Some wear. Overall length 98.5 cm
Condition III
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