Subject: ghulam knight
Culture: Iranian
Setting: Safavid empire, Persia 16-17thc
Object: tabar ax
* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Axe head (tabar) Persian, dated 1650 This style of 'saddle axe' was developed over hundreds of years of warfare, and remained in use with minor changes for another two hundred years after the date of this example."
