Sword sold for 14M sterling Tipu Sultan’s legendary ‘Bedchamber Sword

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Originally Posted by kronckew

I'd call it a kirach myself. Tipu was known to like animalistic hilted weapons.
Maybe I should engrave my Kirach an inscription saying it was captured from inside Tipu's commode, where he kept it for protection while planning his next movements..

Perhaps I'm mistaken but I was under the impression that a defining feature of a kirach was that it curves forward somewhat?