Central Asian dated kard 1709
With wootz blade inlaid in gold with the name of the maker and the owner.
Ottoman Turkish ribbon sword
A remarkable example of bladesmithing with a 5 row twist-core pattern that meanders over the blade.
Afghan military saber
With an armory stamp dated Hijri 1326, corresponding to about 1908.
Ottoman Kurdish kalkan
A small, heavily reinforced buckler as used by Ottoman Kurdish infantry.
Sabiki or "Wahhabite jambiya"
With a long, sword-like blade characteristic of this type. With original belt.
A "Mecca" Jambiya
A style of dagger often associated with the pilgrimage to Mecca.
A Persian crescent axe
With lacquered shaft. Previously sold at Sotheby's in 1985.
Afghan sickle, called lohar
Of typical design, forged from one piece of iron, overlaid with brass on one side.
Stone-hilted pesh-kabz
A very large example with a strongly reinforced tip and stone handle scales.
Pashtun dagger
With blonde horn grip scales and brass plated scabbard.
Pesh kabz with horn plated hilt
An excellently designed thrusting dagger with T-spine and sharp tip.
Unusual Indian zulfiqar sword
With bifurcated S-shaped blade in talwar hilt.
Talwar with Mamluk style blade
In Punjabi style hilt, with elaborately chiseled blade.
Ottoman cartridge pouches
with space for 20 cartridges, complete with powder flask.
Fine Ottoman yatağan dated 1809
Made by a maker called Noah in 1809 for a certain Mehemmed Ağa Fî. With beautiful golden overlays on blade.
Yatağan dated 1790-1791
An old warhorse with several repairs.
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.
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.
A katar from Sindh
With markings suggesting it was a wedding gift, presented in 1832.
Persian "khanjar" dagger
With finely chiseled steel hilt and scabbard
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.
A very good Afghan pulouar
With wootz handle with fine pierced pommel dome.
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 (Turkish) or
A silver-niello Ottoman bichaq
Description
An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like a yatağan, the swor
Ottoman bichaq (knife)
Description
An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like a miniature yata
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.