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Tibetan dpa'dam or backsword

A fine eastern Tibetan example with silver braided scabbard mounts.

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An exceptional khyber sword

The sword of the tribes living in and near the Khyber pass.

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Fine Bhutanese dozum

With heavy mounts executed in silver.

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A notable Bhutanese sword

Its silver scabbard richly decorated in churi chenm style or "wavy pattern".

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Very fine Ottoman bow

Signed by its maker Haci Gavsî, and its decorator Tevfik.

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A rare and early Tibetan sword

With beautiful pierced ironwork scabbard.

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A large Tibetan sword (dpa'dam)

Description A large Tibetan sword or dpa'dam, representing its classic form.

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English rifle with Ottoman barrel

An English rifle that was built around an 18th-century Ottoman barrel of the finest quality.

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Ottoman bichaq (knife)

Description An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like

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A silver-niello Ottoman bichaq

Description An Ottoman bichaq, literally "knife", shaped like a yata

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A rare shortsword from Eastern Tibet

Description An interesting Tibetan shortsword with acute point.

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Ottoman bow with siper and arrows

Description A rare Ottoman bow that has seen better days.

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Tibetan shortsword with rare blade

With ce rong or "open ravines" pattern of zig-zag lines in the steel.

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Silver mounted Ottoman dagger

Description A nice Balkan Ottoman dagger of a type called hançer

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A Bhutanese "churi chenm" sword

Referring to the wavy patterns on the midsection of the silver scabbard.

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A good Tibetan sword, dpa'dam

Introduction The dpa'dam of Tibet is a long, single edged swor

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Antique wootz Qur'an box

Description This very well-made box is entirely made of wootz steel.

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Tibetan helmet with armor

Description Presented in this article is a Tibetan eight-plate helmet w

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An outstanding Tibetan sword

A very good example of a Tibetan dpa'dam in its archetypical form.

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Ottoman knife by Manceaux, Paris

Of superior quality manufacture, combining a mix of European and Ottoman taste.

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A fine pattern welded kora

Short but substantial, with its protruding tip it's rather mace-like.

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Tibetan matchlock musket

A nice example of a rare, shorter carbine sized Tibetan matchlock musket.

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Ottoman style dagger

Fine and unusual, with Italian renaissance style decoration.

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A "churi chenm" sword

A fine example of a Bhutanese shortsword with "churi chenm" scabbard.

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A rare Jinchuan sword

A royal sword, probably from the Wasi kingdom in present-day Sichuan province.

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A very good Afghan pulouar

With wootz handle with fine pierced pommel dome.

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Tibetan style pierced saddle plate

With designs of four dragons in scrollwork around a "wish-granting-jewel"

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Tibetan or Mongolian quiver

Of an early type with dramatic widened shape.

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A finely forged kora

With very good pattern welded blade, complete with scabbard.

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Tibetan spearhead

Of slender type with a chiseled iron knot shaped bolster.

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Fine Algerian yatağan

An exceptionally large example with silver-clad scabbard.

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Large Central Asian composite bow

With design features reminiscent of Persian and Indian bows.

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Fine mail shirt, Sikh Empire

With a lozenge pattern of brass rings.

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Mamluk style sword in talwar hilt

Chiseled with a rare type of decor on the base, and with two Islamic inscriptions.

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Sikkim "ban" sword

With finer forge folded blade than most of its type.

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Persian all steel mounted khanjar

With finely chiseled steel hilt and scabbard

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Tibetan shortsword from Ladakh

With elaborately pierced and chased silver scabbard.

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Bhutanese dagger

With narrow blade and all brass mounts.

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Fine Bhutanese dagger

With heavy silver mounts, pierced and chiseled.

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A katar from Sindh

With markings suggesting it was a wedding gift, presented in 1832.

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A silver mounted khukuri

Of the 19th century, with fine pierced scabbard mouthpiece.

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A rare bow from Kashmir

A sinew-backed bow with rather nice lacquer work.

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A silver clad khukuri

With fine silver mounts worked in repousse with designs of flowers and foliage.

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Large silver mounted khukuri

With pierced mounts and velvet-covered scabbard.

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A fine mutiny era khukuri

An understated, elegant khukuri of substantial proportions with fine layered blade.

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Large tin chirra kothimora khukuri

An exceptionally large example with a desirable three fullered blade.

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Silver khukuri with bone grip

Often called "kothimora khukuri", with scabbards mounted in repousse and pierced silver.

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Silver hilted Tibetan shortsword

Of typical form, but with an all-silver hilt that carries Chinese silver marks.

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Unusual sword from Amdo

Exhibiting an interesting blend of Chinese and Tibetan features.

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Bhutanese sword in tribal scabbard

With early pierced iron pommel and a style of scabbard worn in Arunachal Pradesh.

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A "dui chirra" khukuri

Named so after the two ridges that are formed on the bi-fullered blade.

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A fine "boyliya" paragun

One of Europe's rarest gun types. A fine example, with mother of pearl inlaid stock.

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