Subject: ज़मींदार zamīndār noble
Culture: Rajput
Setting: Maratha wars / late Mughal empire, Hindustan 18th-early 19thc
Object: कटार kaṭār, jamadhar punch-dagger
* Shah Jahan Armoury
Shah Jahan Armoury *
* Higgins Armory Museum > Scimitars to Samurai: Arms around the World
Higgins Armory Museum > Scimitars to Samurai: Arms around the World *
"Jamadhar (punch dagger), 1700s India Steel; gold Weight: 1 lb. 2 oz." ...
* Shah Jahan Armoury
Dallas Museum of Art > Owsley Gallery of South Asian Art *
"Qatar (dagger) India: Mughal period, 18th-19th century Steel blade, gold inlaid hilt" ...
Leeds City Museum > Collector's Cabinet *
"Two daggers (Katars) Indian, late 19th century Steel with gilt inlay"
* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Dagger (katar) Indian, Rajasthan, dated 1850 The blade on this katar has a small elephant's head chiselled on both sides. The blade is inscribed in Hindi the dagger of Rajah Ram Sing of Bundi, the Raja of Rajahs, year 1907 (Vikrama era)." ...
Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *
"Dagger (katar) Indian, Rajasthan, early 19th century The red velvet covered scabbard has gilded mounts. The blade, the centre of which is pierced, chiselled and gilt, has a swollen armour-piercing tip. The elaborate hilt is also finely gilt." ...
* Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery
"Dagger (katar) North Indian, 18th century This dagger has a double-edged blade and a reinforced point and a metal ridge within a recessed panel flanked by fullers, and with a lotus bud at the base." ...
* 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." ...
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