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Old 4th June 2006, 04:30 PM   #3
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My guess is that it is a pulowar and not a tulwar due to the flattened quillons.
The hilt though seems a bit rough in the casting and the wing nut on the finale is a modern touch. The blade is most likely a 19th century European blade. I think this is a post 1948 melding of new and old parts probably done for some officer in the newly formed Pakistan army around 1950.

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