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# Sabre

Sabre, handle and guard. Blade damascened in gold Koftgari work with a tiger and a tiger-stripe, Quranic inscription on back. Hilt cast-metal damascened in gold with foliage and flowers. Made of iron and gold. No scabbard.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1751–1799 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1878-1101-450](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.bm.1878-1101-450) · Pramāṇa
