تحفة النظار في غرايب الامصار وعجايب الاسفار 13.47.2

13.47.2

It is the custom in Hind for a man to carry two swords: one hung from the saddle, called the rikābī, and the other in the quiver. My rikābī sword fell from its scabbard, and its fittings were of gold, so I dismounted, picked it up, girded it on, and mounted again while they were on my track. Then I reached a great ditch, dismounted and went down into it, and that was the last I saw of them.