Subject: ahadi heavy cavalryman
Culture: Mughal-Rajput
Setting: Great Mughal empire, Hindustan/Deccan late 16th-early 18thc
Object: katar, jamadhar punch-dagger
Higgins Armory Museum > Scimitars to Samurai: Arms around the World *
"Jamadhar (punch dagger), 1700s India Steel; gold Weight: 1 lb. 2 oz."
Oriental Arms *
* Metropolitan Museum of Art > Stone Gallery of Arms and Armor
"Dagger and Scabbard Steel, leather, gold Indian, Mughal period, 17th century Daggers of this type were designed to deliver a punching blow. This is one of the few known examples that retain their embossed leather scabbards."
* Dallas Museum of Art > Owsley Gallery of South Asian Art
"Qatar Deccan, India: 17th century Inlaid, engraved, and gilded steel" ...
Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *
"Dagger (katar) Indian, Mughal, 17th century Already an old weapon at the time of the mutiny,
this dagger has seen much use and is slightly damaged." ...
* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Dagger (katar) South Indian, 17th century
South Indian katars usually have narrow blades riveted to extensions of the hilt, and blades with deep, multiple fullers." ...
* Royal Armouries Museum > War Gallery
"Punch dagger (katar) Indian, Mughal, 17th century." ...
* cf.
