Knife for ID
 

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

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.

.......I thought a Pesh Kabz had a pronounced T shaped spine to 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

Apparently not. A khyber knife has a T shaped spine to the blade.

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

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/showth...ighlight=shehi :shrug:

Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.