Shabria Dagger

[Aurangzeb]

Thanks you very much Ariel, I very much appreciate all of the information you have provided to me regarding my Shabriyaa dagger ! Upon further, more intensive inspection of this dagger, I have found that in fact the front of the dagger and sheath are formed of silver, not tin as originally thought. My father checked it with too strong of a magnet that was actually being attracted to the tin back and thus givng the illusion that the front was also tin. I used a much weaker magnet and found no magnetic attraction to the frontal area of the dagger handle of sheath face ! The blade does show slight wear and tear from use, the sheath and handle are slightly dented. The back of the handle shows much discoloration of the tin surface from use. The blade exhibits longer and narrower qualities which seem to indicate that it is 'older', not of recent crafting. The throat of the sheath shows 'English' alphabet characters which leads me to believe it may be from the time Palestine was occupied by British Forces under British mandate. It shows much better qualities than most tourist pieces I have encountered. Can you please tell me if these were worn on the front of the belt like a Jambiya ? Perhaps this information will better qualify it's possible origination, your thoughts, as well a those of other forum members would be most welcomed and appreciated !

Thank you very much !

Mark.... a.k.a. Aurangzeb....