The Army of the Indian Moghuls: Its Organization and Administration c10.s3.1

c10.s3.1

The battle-axe (*tabar*) will be found at Nº. 28 of the *Āīn*, i, 111 and on plate xii, figure Nº. 22. This figure shows a triangular blade with one broad cutting edge. When the head was pointed and provided with two cutting edges, the axe was called a *Zāghnol*, or crow’s beak (id. Nº. 30, and plate xii, fig. 24). A double headed axe, with a broad blade on one side and a pointed one on the other side of the handle, was styled a *Tabar zāghnol* (id. Nº. 32, and plate xii, fig. 26). An axe with a longer handle, called *Tarangālah*, was also in use (id. Nº. 33 and plate xii, fig. 27, see also Egerton plate i, Nº. 22).