Subject: ज़मींदार zamīndār noble

Culture: Rajput

Setting: Maratha wars / late Mughal empire, Hindustan 18th-early 19thc

Object: gurz mace

Royal Armouries Museum > Oriental Gallery *

"Mace (gorz) India, Agra, 18th century

This mace has a head that is in the shape of a lotus bud.

It is recorded that this mace was found in the arsenal at the Fort of Agra when it was captured by the British in 1803." ...

"Mace (gorz) Indian, probably Rajasthan, 18th century

This basket hilted mace has a head composed of eight flanges,

which are pointed at the top and have two cusps and two scallops at the base.

The haft is of steel, hexagonal section and chiselled with a chevron pattern." ...

"Mace (gorz) Indian, probably Rajasthan, 18th century

The hilt is of Indian basket-type mounted on a cylindrical haft of steel.

The head is constructed with eight spiral flanges, all of which are sharpened.

This formidable weapon follows the style of Hindu swords." ...

* Higgins Armory Museum > Great Hall > Combat Wing

"Mace, 18th or 19th century Indo-Persian Iron" ...