Weapons of Mughal Emperor Akbar

Emanuel · 27th October 2015, 02:36 PM

Excellent, thank you Mercenary! Now if anyone could get a shot from the original manuscript or one of its copies/facsimile that would be great

Jens and AJ, very interesting about the lasso, I did not know that.

Jens Nordlunde · 27th October 2015, 05:33 PM

If you have a look at the plate shown in post 3, I am wondering why some of the blades are so long.
Look at no 26 Jamdhar Doulicaneh and no 32 Jamdhar Skhlicaneh. They have two or three points, but I am wondering if, when you try to stap someone, the stap would stop quite early - or a very big force would be needed, and they would be no good against mail armour.
So why did they make Jandhars like that?
Jens

Emanuel · 27th October 2015, 11:22 PM

Egerton explained Doulicaneh and Sehlicaneh as follows:

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"Doulicaneh" and "sehlicaneh", appear to be hybrid words (Pers. and Hind.)" "du-likhana," two-scratcher; "seh-likhana," three-scratcher. From likhana, to write or scratch - Note by Col.Yule.

I suppose the attached, South-Indian double-bladed (from Oriental-Arms) and triple-bladed (Tanjore, from Metropolitan Museum, bequest of George C. Stone) examples are representative. I don't think I've ever seen any other kind of two/three-pointed types, aside from the more modern scissor type.

Perhaps these were like the double-bladed bichwa. Less practical and effective, but more exotic and fearsome than a single blade

AJ1356 · 28th October 2015, 03:51 PM

I wrote the proper pronunciations for this image, there is another image with Farsi names if you can get me a better copy of it I can do the same.

Mercenary · 29th October 2015, 11:05 AM

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there is another image with Farsi names if you can get me a better copy of it I can do the same

I have large file ~4Mb. I would send it through email.

AJ1356 · 29th October 2015, 05:58 PM

I tried to see if I could find a meaning for bAnk, but I could not find it in Farsi, it could be an Indian term.

28th October 2015, 03:51 PM	#4
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27th October 2015, 02:36 PM	#1
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Excellent, thank you Mercenary! Now if anyone could get a shot from the original manuscript or one of its copies/facsimile that would be great Jens and AJ, very interesting about the lasso, I did not know that.

27th October 2015, 05:33 PM	#2
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	If you have a look at the plate shown in post 3, I am wondering why some of the blades are so long. Look at no 26 Jamdhar Doulicaneh and no 32 Jamdhar Skhlicaneh. They have two or three points, but I am wondering if, when you try to stap someone, the stap would stop quite early - or a very big force would be needed, and they would be no good against mail armour. So why did they make Jandhars like that? Jens

29th October 2015, 05:58 PM	#6
AJ1356 Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Nashville Posts: 317	I tried to see if I could find a meaning for bAnk, but I could not find it in Farsi, it could be an Indian term.