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7th October 2015, 08:09 PM
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Many thanks.
Meanwhile I have translated "bhelhetah" as far as I can and I can explain that the blade of this "sword" is for stab as the koncerz (estoc)... And in the photo it is clearly seen. |
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7th October 2015, 09:36 PM
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It starts to get quite interesting.
The one which you saw in Kota - what would you say the measurers were? I have a funny idea of what it could be - but every time I think of it I dismiss it. About forty years ago I was in Istanbul at the army museum, and saw a special sword, but if these kind of swords were used at Akbar's time in India is more than questionalable. Jens |
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8th October 2015, 02:03 PM
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For a moment I thought it could be a weapon like the attached on, which also have a round 'blade', but a very pointed tip.
It was used for stapping enemies laying on the ground, and is supposed to be able to penetrade mail armour. The bhelhetah has a much shorter 'blade', and I dont know what kind of weapon it is. The attached picture is from Anthony C. Tirri's book Islamic Weapons. Maghrib to Moghul. |
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