Rare Ottoman war arrow
With a small, barbed armor-piercing point and early style painted shaft.
Lahore talwar hilted shamshir
Persian wootz shamshir in a talwar hilt from Lahore.
Wootz
Description
Wootz is the commonly used name for a type of crucible steel with an elaborate pattern
An Ottoman coral studded pala
With gilt copper scabbard and multi-row twist-core blade.
A fine Sindh flintlock
A large gun with English flintlock mechanism, as favored by the Mirs of the Talpur court. In very good condition, with almost all the gold remaining.
A fine "boyliya" paragun
One of Europe's rarest gun types. A fine example, with mother of pearl inlaid stock.
Tarkash (ترکش )
Persian word for quiver, also used in North India.
Tir (تیر) / Tīr (तीर)
Persian for "arrow" or "arrows". Also used in North India.
Dhu alfaqar (ذو الفقار)
An Islamic legendary sword.
A katar from Sindh
With markings suggesting it was a wedding gift, presented in 1832.
Khanjar (خنجر)
Persian word for dagger.
Persian all steel mounted khanjar
With finely chiseled steel hilt and scabbard
Miquelet
Collector's jargon for a type of lock for a firearm
Mamluk style sword in talwar hilt
Chiseled with a rare type of decor on the base, and with two Islamic inscriptions.
Fine mail shirt, Sikh Empire
With a lozenge pattern of brass rings.
Fine Algerian yatağan
An exceptionally large example with silver-clad scabbard.
Kard (کرد)
A type of eastern dagger with a fairly straight thrusting blade.
Bichaq
In Turkish, bichaq literally means "knife".
Manceaux à Paris
A notable French arms manufacturer who also made fine presentation weapons in Asian styles.
Tevfik the leather binder
An Ottoman leather binder who in 1866 - 1867 covered a bow made by Haci Gavsî in 1824 - 1825.
Haci gavsî the bowyer
Signed an Ottoman bow made in late 1824 or 1825.
Zulfiqar
An Islamic legendary sword.
Pulouar
A saber associated with the Pashtuns of present-day Afghanistan.
A very good Afghan pulouar
With wootz handle with fine pierced pommel dome.
Measurements of an Ottoman bow
Signatures on the bow indicate that it was probably made in 1849 and decorated in 1867.
Ottoman style dagger
Fine and unusual, with Italian renaissance style decoration.
Ottoman knife by Manceaux, Paris
Of superior quality manufacture, combining a mix of European and Ottoman taste.
Silver mounted Ottoman dagger
Description
A nice Balkan Ottoman dagger of a type called hançer (Turkis
A silver-niello Ottoman bichaq
Description
An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like a yatağan
Ottoman bichaq (knife)
Description
An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like a miniature&nbs
English rifle with Ottoman barrel
An English rifle that was built around an 18th-century Ottoman barrel of the finest quality.
Very fine Ottoman bow
Signed by its maker Haci Gavsî, and its decorator Tevfik.