Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Arabic dagger for ID and possible translation

ALEX · 16th March 2014, 07:14 PM

This is a Persian Khandjar, or Jambiya. 19th Century Qajar period. The handle and scabbard are chiseled steel, the blade could be damascus steel (but I doubt it). The inscriptions are most likely Koranic invocations. Good quality dagger.

16th March 2014, 07:14 PM	#3
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	This is a Persian Khandjar, or Jambiya. 19th Century Qajar period. The handle and scabbard are chiseled steel, the blade could be damascus steel (but I doubt it). The inscriptions are most likely Koranic invocations. Good quality dagger.