Sword and Sheath

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Middle East, Metalwork. Watered steel blade forged in the decorative form known as 'Muhammad's ladder', damascened with gold and inlaid with a cartouche bearing the name of the swordsmith 'Asadallah', ivory hilt and steel damascened mounts. with scabbard, embossed black leather with steel mounts and a leather suspension cord.
Iran, Middle East, 17th century. Formerly 3370 (IS) Ex India Museum. Egerton 756.

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Categories	Arms & Armour Metalwork India Museum
Object type	Sword and sheath
Parts	This object consists of 2 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below) Sword Shamshir Sheath
Brief description	Middle East, Metalwork. Watered steel blade forged in the decorative form known as 'Muhammad's ladder', damascened with gold and inlaid with a cartouche bearing the name of the swordsmith 'Asadallah', ivory hilt and steel damascened mounts. with scabbard, embossed black leather with steel mounts and a leather suspension cord. Iran, Middle East, 17th century. Formerly 3370 (IS) Ex India Museum. Egerton 756.
Marks and inscriptions	Transliteration
Bibliographic references	Egerton, Wilbraham, An illustrated handbook of Indian arms; being a classified and descriptive catalogue of the arms exhibited at the India museum: with an introductory sketch of the military history of India, London, 1880 p.102 Lord Egerton of Tatton, Indian and Oriental Armour, London, 1896, p. 102, Cat. No. 756
Other numbers	756 - Egerton Catalogue number C.49 - Previous number 3370(IS) - Previous number
Collection	Middle East Section
Accession number	M.91:1, 2-1949

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Record created	December 10, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O71776/sword-and-sheath/

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