Weapons of Mughal Emperor Akbar

[Mercenary]

I promised:

[Jens Nordlunde]

Did you know that the lasso was also used, although it was not considered as a noble weapon?

[AJ1356]

Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

Did you know that the lasso was also used, although it was not considered as a noble weapon?

According to Shahnamah, the lasso was used extensively in combat, mainly to capture and drag enemies. It is mentioned as one of the many tools/weapons carried by a warrior.

[Emanuel]

Excellent, thank you Mercenary! Now if anyone could get a shot from the original manuscript or one of its copies/facsimile that would be great

Jens and AJ, very interesting about the lasso, I did not know that.

[Jens Nordlunde]

If you have a look at the plate shown in post 3, I am wondering why some of the blades are so long.
Look at no 26 Jamdhar Doulicaneh and no 32 Jamdhar Skhlicaneh. They have two or three points, but I am wondering if, when you try to stap someone, the stap would stop quite early - or a very big force would be needed, and they would be no good against mail armour.
So why did they make Jandhars like that?
Jens

[Emanuel]

Egerton explained Doulicaneh and Sehlicaneh as follows:

"Doulicaneh" and "sehlicaneh", appear to be hybrid words (Pers. and Hind.)" "du-likhana," two-scratcher; "seh-likhana," three-scratcher. From likhana, to write or scratch - Note by Col.Yule.

I suppose the attached, South-Indian double-bladed (from Oriental-Arms) and triple-bladed (Tanjore, from Metropolitan Museum, bequest of George C. Stone) examples are representative. I don't think I've ever seen any other kind of two/three-pointed types, aside from the more modern scissor type.

Perhaps these were like the double-bladed bichwa. Less practical and effective, but more exotic and fearsome than a single blade

[AJ1356]

I wrote the proper pronunciations for this image, there is another image with Farsi names if you can get me a better copy of it I can do the same.