6th June 2008, 05:52 PM | #1 |
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Ottoman Empire Kindjal
Hello,
This dagger has a 10 inch blade and is 14 inches overall. Scabbard has heavy silver fittings, each marked with a tughra. Closest match seems to be Mahmud II (1808-1839) Grip is one piece of ivory with silver fittings. Cracked but still pretty solid. Blade is somewhat rough but still shows nice patterning. Looks a lot nicer in hand than my poor blade pictures indicate. Can anyone confirm the tughra? I was told Ottoman silver intended for export was required to have the current Sultan's tughra stamped on it as a guarantee of the quality of the silver. Is this basically correct? Thanks for the help. Matt |
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