Weapons of Mughal Emperor Akbar

[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.

[Mercenary]

there is another image with Farsi names if you can get me a better copy of it I can do the same

I have large file ~4Mb. I would send it through email.

[AJ1356]

I tried to see if I could find a meaning for bAnk, but I could not find it in Farsi, it could be an Indian term.