Kutch or Hyderabad

[Kubur]

Hi Guys

A new arrival in the familly, is it from Kutch or Hyderabad???

Thanks

[Miguel]

What a beauty, lucky you. I think it may be Kutch but I am no expert and would hope that that the more knowledgable members like Ibrahiim and Jens will tell us where it originates. Thanks for sharing.
Miguel

[Kubur]

Thank you Miguel
I saw Kutch everywhere, only Oliver Pinchot wrote that they might be from South India...normally he is very reliable...so I don't know...

[Kubur]

a last example...

[silberschatzimsee]

i like that chiseled peacock!

[Battara]

I too say south India due to the proximity to Arab trade routes.

[ariel]

Battara,
Plenty of Arabs and old Arab connections with NW India: Kutch, Hyderabad , Baluchstan. They came mainly from Yemen (Hadhramis) and what is now Saudi Arabia / Oman ( Hejazis), both being Janbia neighborhoods. There are 2 Hyderabads : South Indian and Pakistani one in the Sindh province.

Omani Sultanate even owned part of Baluchistan till 1950s and there is a sizable Baluch community in Oman. There was a thread here on peculiar saber handles from Baluchistan, a mix of Indo-Persian and Omani traditions.

I think this janbia is from that area, and Kutch sounds very believable.

[Battara]

Thanks for the information, Ariel! :)

[Kubur]

I think this janbia is from that area, and Kutch sounds very believable.

This time I agree with Ariel.
Just look at other weapons, axes for example, the ones in the Sindh are very different from those of the Kutch... I vote for Kutch.

[BANDOOK]

HI YOUR JAMBIYA IS DEFINATELY FROM BHUJ IN KUTCH,WHICH HAD THE BEST SILVERSMITHS ,ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN WAS OM ,OMASJEE MAVJEE
BEST REGARDS
RAJESH