Dagger (Pesh-kabz) with Sheath, late 18th–early 19th century

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Dagger (Pesh-kabz) with Sheath, late 18th–early 19th century, Indian, Mughal, Jade, steel, silver, wood, velvet, ruby, gold, L. with sheath 17 13/16 in. ( cm); L. without sheath 15 7/8 in. ( cm); L. of blade 11 1/4 in. ( cm); W. 2 1/8 in. ( cm); Wt. 1 lb. oz. ( g); Wt. of sheath oz. ( g), Daggers, Daggers of this type, called pesh-kabz in Persian, have a straight or curved single-edged blade of T-shaped cross-section that tapers to an acute point. They were used in Iran and northern India in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

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