Its hilt overlaid with thick silver, then fire-gilt.

A what? Yes exactly. An extremely rare piece, the only example I am aware of in published collections at…

With an inscription alluding to it having belonged to the son of Tipu Sultan.

Of steel construction with gold overlay. Of a type produced in Rajasthan in the early 1800s.

All the designs being true inlay, with almost no losses.

With wootz blade and the jade hilt set with small rubies.