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AN INDIAN SWORD (ZULFIQAR), LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edge blade formed wit
AN INDIAN SWORD (ZULFIQAR), LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edge blade formed with a bifurcated tip, cut with lengthy inscriptions over almost its entire surface, steel hilt of characteristic type, applied with silver scrolling foliage and flowers, in a contemporary velvet-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts repoussé with scrolling flowers and foliage within chevron frames 76.5cm; 30 1/8in blade The inscriptions include a crudely written verse in praise of Nãd `Ali.
AN INDIAN SWORD (ZULFIQAR), LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY with curved single-edge blade formed with a bifurcated tip, cut with lengthy inscriptions over almost its entire surface, steel hilt of characteristic type, applied with silver scrolling foliage and flowers, in a contemporary velvet-covered wooden scabbard with large silver mounts repoussé with scrolling flowers and foliage within chevron frames 76.5cm; 30 1/8in blade The inscriptions include a crudely written verse in praise of Nãd `Ali.
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