Persian Qama.

[ariel]

As per Kirill Rivkin, kaddara is a single-edged medium size weapon. The handle is typically that of a garden variety Caucasian kindjal. I am unaware of down-turned quillons.
Rivkin states that this variety of weapons was introduces to Iran from Azerbaijan and became popular there as a self- mutilating instrument during Ashura processions. Khorasani mentioned in passing that it was used by village constables.

There is yet another weapon in that area: Sabarkali from Kakheti ( Eastern Georgia, next to Iran). This is an analog of Khevsurian Dashna, also a Kaddara- like weapon, made out of repurposed broken blades.


Quite some times ago I have shown here a very old Sabarkali, likely 17-18 century Palash blade. Just search for Sabarkali and Dashna

Thus, time-wise I cannot be sure whether Iranian Kaddara derives from Azerbaijan or Kakheti .

[alex8765]

Thank you Ariel. I was able to find the post that you are referring to. Very informative!
Couple of collectors, from another forum, suggested that this dagger could be Transcaucasian (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia) in origin. But I believe it's Iranian.
The identification of these weapons it's not an easy task 😊

[OsobistGB]

You identified your kindjal absolutely correctly.Its origin is Pressian/Iranian.

[alex8765]

Thank you.