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Originally Posted by ariel
Whatever it is, it is not a fighting implement. Real fighting axes have heavy, triangle-configured, blades. Otherwise, they are totally useless as practical weapons. This one has a thin blade through and through.
My take: Qajar or even later, tourist item.
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I'd suggest there are likely tourist ones out there but you can't dismiss the effectiveness of these items, they all have distal taper even in not very thick near the haft. In armour or not the purcussion is going to hurt or kill.
Orez Perski also shows numerous example of both thick and thin on pages 348-356 of Persian Arms and Armour.
Gav