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Peter Dekker's Glossary
An online reference covering antique arms and armor, maintained and updated regularly.

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Bazuband logo
Bāzuband (بازوبند)
Persian word for a piece of lower arm protection.
Bichaq
Bichaq
In Turkish, bichaq literally means "knife".
Dastana logo
Dastānā (दस्ताने)
Hindi word for a type of arm protection.
Dhu alfaqar logo
Dhu alfaqar (ذو الفقار)
An Islamic legendary sword.
Haci Gavsî signature
Haci gavsî the bowyer
Signed an Ottoman bow made in late 1824 or 1825.
Jamdhar doulicaneh logo
Jamdhar doulicaneh
A double-pointed push dagger.
Jamdhar katari
Jamdhar kátári
Hindu term for an archaic form of dagger.
Jamdhar sehlicaneh
Jamdhar sehlicaneh
A triple-pointed push dagger.
Kard dagger
Kard (کرد)
A type of eastern dagger with a fairly straight thrusting blade.
Khanjar logo
Khanjar (خنجر)
Persian word for dagger.
Sadeli work
Khātam
Persian word for a type of marquetry work.
Koftgari-logo
Koftgarī (کوفت گری)
Persian word for inlay or overlay of precious metal on iron or steel.
Afghan sickle logo
Lohar, Lor (لور), lawa-āor (لواور )
Pashto word for sickle.
Manceaux
Manceaux à Paris
A notable French arms manufacturer who also made fine presentation weapons in Asian styles.
Miquelet lock
Miquelet
Collector's jargon for a type of lock for a firearm
Persian spearhead
Neyze (نیزه )
Persian word for spear/lance.
Pesh-kabz logo
Pesh-kabz (پیش قبض)
Widely used Persian word for a type of dagger.
Pulouar logo
Pulouar
A saber associated with the Pashtuns of present-day Afghanistan.
Shamshir logo
Shamshir (شمشیر‎)
Persian word for a deeply curved sword with narrow blade.
Shikārgar
Shikārgar
Word used for an Indian sword with hunting scenes.
Indian quiver logo
Tarkash (ترکش )
Persian word for quiver, also used in North India.
Tefvik the bookbinder
Tevfik the leather binder
An Ottoman leather binder who in 1866 - 1867 covered a bow made by Haci Gavsî in 1824 - 1825.
Indian arrows
Tīr (तीर)
Hindi loan word from Persian for "arrow" or "arrows".
Yataghan logo
Yatağan
A type of Ottoman sword with a distinct eared hilt and recurved blade.
Zulfiqar logo
Zulfiqar
An Islamic legendary sword.

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