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			Usually, there is a major difficulty to attribute bladed weapons to Deccan Sultanates. 
		
		
		
			But here is an unquestionably Deccani tulwar, also sold by Czerny's for 3400 euro + the usual 30% fee etc. The inscription clearly identifies Jamsheed Quli Qutb Shah of Golkonda and the date 1095H ( 1543) is exactly the year of his coronation. The quillon block is strange: I tentatively think about Chinese influence. Any opinions?  | 
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