Subject: irregular armored cavalryman
Culture: Turco-Iranian
Setting: civil war, Zand-Qajar Persia mid-late 18thc
Object: کارد kārd knife
* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Dagger (Kard) Steel, ivory, gold Iranian, Qajar period, about 1800
This example is so similar to one signed by the maker, Muhammad Nami, and dated 1799/1800 (Historiches Museum, Bern), that both can be assumed to come from the same workshop."
* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Dagger (Kard) Steel, bloodstone, gold Iranian, Qajar period, about 1800"
* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Knife (kard) East Persian, 18th century
The hilt of this knife is fashioned from lapis lazuli complemented by silver mounts set with turquoise stones. The addition of a watered blade demonstrates the skill of the maker." ...
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