A109aw - Armour, edged weapons & antique firearms

Large khanjar with walrus ivory handle, Persian, 1st half of the 19th century

Khanjar with walrus ivory handle and silver scabbard, Bukhara, 1st half of the 19th century

Gold-inlaid khanjar, Persia, 19th century

Silver-mounted khanjar, Iraq, 19th century

Gold-inlaid Khanjar, Persia, 19th century

Silver-mounted Khanjar, Syria, 19th century

Khanjar with wootz blade and walrus handle, Persia, 19th century

Carved Khanjar, Persia, 19th century

Two khanjars, Persia, 19th century

Silver-mounted jambiya, Iraq, circa 1900

Pesh Kabz, Persia, circa 1800

All-metal Pesh Kabz, Persia, 19th century

Three daggers/knives, Orient, 20th century

Three knives, Orient, 19th century

Gilded Qama with wootz damascus blade, Persia, 19th century

Qama, Persia, circa 1900

A qama and a Khyber knife, Persia, 19th century

Gold-inlaid quaddara, Persia, 19th century

Ceremonial shamshir by Asadullah Isfahani, India and Persia, 18th/19th century, blade made for Nadir Shah Afshar (1688 - 1747) and dedicated to him

Persian shamshir with gold-inlaid wootz blade, Syria, circa 1800

Gold-inlaid Shamshir, Persia, circa 1800

Shamshir with wootz blade, Persia, circa 1800

Shamshir with welded Damascus blade, Persia, circa 1800

Shamshir with wootz Damascus blade, Syria/Persia, circa 1800