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13th January 2013, 10:39 PM
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Knife for ID
Hi all,
Here is a recent purchase. The seller thought that it is Indo-Persian in origin. Can anyone identify it? Thanks in advance. Brian |
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14th January 2013, 10:04 PM
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I think the seller is right. It is a Pesh Kabz. Do you have a scabbard?
Maybe one of the forumites is able to translate what is written on the blade. |
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14th January 2013, 11:03 PM
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.......I thought a Pesh Kabz had a pronounced T shaped spine to the blade?
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15th January 2013, 08:49 PM
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15th January 2013, 09:12 PM
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Hi
in the collection of the castle Ingolstadt (Germany), a knife is issued. it is given as "Charay from the tribe of Afridi" (Hermann Historica, Dolche und Messer aus dem Persischen Kulturraum, picture 86) or it is a Choora, the knife of the Mashud. chregu |
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17th January 2013, 09:17 PM
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Thank you for the replies.
I now have a translation of the inscription, which is great. I also now know that the knife is either a Pesh Kabz, a Charay or a Choora. All of the above is more than I knew before posting pics and asking for advice! Thanks heaps, guys. Brian |
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15th January 2013, 01:21 AM
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identification, much more difficult than the translation  the general shape reminds me of the Central Asia knives ... for instance ... "pichok" Uzbek (?) YA QADI AL HAJAA either "O ALLAH, I ASK YOU BY THE RIGHT OF THOSE WHO ASK YOU" (hadith of Abu Sa`id al-Khudri) funny knife  all the best à + Dom |
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