[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Sword and sheath # Sword and sheath Sword and sheath shamshir with an Indian hilt, the blade etched with Quranic inscriptions, NW India, blade probably Iran, late 17th to early 18th century. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1650–1800 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-225-a-1964](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.is-225-a-1964) · Pramāṇa