An Afghan/North Indian Pulouar

Tatyana Dianova · 31st August 2007, 06:58 PM

I’ve got this nice Pulouar from one of the Forum community members. It is quite interesting sword. It has long, thick and heavy Wootz blade, which is differentially hardened (please notice the dark area on the picture). The upper part of the blade with inscriptions (closer to the handle) is forged from the plain steel. The handle seems to be added later to the blade, because part of the inscriptions is hidden by the cross guard. I would like to hear the comments about age and origin of the sword, also help with the Arabic (Farsi?) inscriptions will be much appreciated.

31st August 2007, 06:58 PM	#1
Tatyana Dianova Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 725	An Afghan/North Indian Pulouar I’ve got this nice Pulouar from one of the Forum community members. It is quite interesting sword. It has long, thick and heavy Wootz blade, which is differentially hardened (please notice the dark area on the picture). The upper part of the blade with inscriptions (closer to the handle) is forged from the plain steel. The handle seems to be added later to the blade, because part of the inscriptions is hidden by the cross guard. I would like to hear the comments about age and origin of the sword, also help with the Arabic (Farsi?) inscriptions will be much appreciated. Attached Images