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Iliad
13th January 2013, 09:39 PM
Hi all,

Here is a recent purchase. The seller thought that it is Indo-Persian in origin.
Can anyone identify it?
Thanks in advance.
Brian
Henk
14th January 2013, 09:04 PM
I think the seller is right. It is a Pesh Kabz. Do you have a scabbard?

Maybe one of the forumites is able to translate what is written on the blade.
kahnjar1
14th January 2013, 10:03 PM
.......I thought a Pesh Kabz had a pronounced T shaped spine to the blade?
Dom
15th January 2013, 12:21 AM
Maybe one of the forumites is able to translate what is written on the blade.Hi
identification, much more difficult than the translation :p
the general shape reminds me of the Central Asia knives ...
for instance ... "pichok" Uzbek (?)
YA QADI AL HAJAA either "O ALLAH, I ASK YOU BY THE RIGHT OF THOSE WHO ASK YOU" (hadith of Abu Sa`id al-Khudri)
funny knife ;)
all the best

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Dom
Henk
15th January 2013, 07:49 PM
.......I thought a Pesh Kabz had a pronounced T shaped spine to the blade?

Apparently not. A khyber knife has a T shaped spine to the blade.
chregu
15th January 2013, 08:12 PM
Hi
in the collection of the castle Ingolstadt (Germany), a knife is issued. it is given as "Charay from the tribe of Afridi" (Hermann Historica, Dolche und Messer aus dem Persischen Kulturraum, picture 86)
or it is a Choora, the knife of the Mashud.
chregu
Iliad
17th January 2013, 08:17 PM
Thank you for the replies.
I now have a translation of the inscription, which is great.
I also now know that the knife is either a Pesh Kabz, a Charay or a Choora.
All of the above is more than I knew before posting pics and asking for advice!
Thanks heaps, guys.
Brian
Ibrahiim al Balooshi
18th January 2013, 03:58 PM
Thank you for the replies.
I now have a translation of the inscription, which is great.
I also now know that the knife is either a Pesh Kabz, a Charay or a Choora.
All of the above is more than I knew before posting pics and asking for advice!
Thanks heaps, guys.
Brian


Salaams It looks like a Mussandam "Shehi" work knife ... which also look like Baluch daggers ... which probably take their form from Afghanistans daggers...which....The puzzling part is the decorative strip running up and over the pommel.

Please see http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16328&highlight=shehi :shrug:

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.