A fancy peshkabz, a call for help on translation and thoughts on provenance

mariusgmioc · 11th October 2020, 08:10 AM

Very beautiful knife! Congratulations for this exceptional acquisition!

As you said, the blade is typical Persian 18th to early 19th century.

Both the hilt and and the scabbard may be later replacements and don't look very Persian to my eyes.

The scabbard looks more from the Caucasus area (which was a part of Persian empire throughout the history). I have seen exactly the same style of silver engraved decorations with niello panels and wire wrapped tips on kindjal scabbards.

The hilt is very similar to some I have seen on North Indian knives.

Let's hope for a translation!

11th October 2020, 08:10 AM	#4
mariusgmioc Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Austria Posts: 1,885	Very beautiful knife! Congratulations for this exceptional acquisition! As you said, the blade is typical Persian 18th to early 19th century. Both the hilt and and the scabbard may be later replacements and don't look very Persian to my eyes. The scabbard looks more from the Caucasus area (which was a part of Persian empire throughout the history). I have seen exactly the same style of silver engraved decorations with niello panels and wire wrapped tips on kindjal scabbards. The hilt is very similar to some I have seen on North Indian knives. Let's hope for a translation! Last edited by mariusgmioc; 11th October 2020 at 08:21 AM.

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